Bursts make new waves
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A meeting on the topic of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), held in Alabama in Sep, 1997, was given a new insight into how such bursts occur. It was hypothesized that GRBs could be linked to the cataclysmic end of massive stars and that their rate is proportional to the star's formation rate. However, sceptics at the meeting pointed out that from observations of seven GRBs there seems to be no obvious relationship between their intensity and the intensity of afterglows.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
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A distance of 133-137 parsecs to the Pleiades star cluster
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The role of clusters of stars in the development of stellar astronomy is explained. Certain data are arrived at after the discussion.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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