gamma-ray burst

English

Noun

gamma-ray burst (plural gamma-ray bursts)

(astronomy) A flash of gamma rays that seem to originate from a random point in the sky; their most likely sources are believed to be supernova explosions of a very massive stars and mergers of neutron stars.
Synonym: (abbreviation) GRB

Coordinate terms

fast radio burst (“FRB”)
soft gamma repeater (“SGR”)
hypernova (“HN”)
supernova (“SN”)

Translations

flash of gamma rays

Basque: gamma izpien eztanda
Finnish: gammapurkaus
French: sursaut gamma (fr) m
German: Gammastrahlenblitz m, Gammablitz (de) m
Icelandic: gammablossi m
Irish: rois gháma-ghathach f

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