射電超爆發：一項足可媲美伽瑪射線爆發的天文學發現？

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爆發源位於一個細小區域，發現此事件的天文學家說有可能是兩顆中子星相撞，又或者是黑洞徹底蒸發前的餘暉。

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Mysterious, unidentified burst of radio energy baffles astronomers  

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2.30pm EST, Thursday 27 September 2007
(publication time of the US academic journal Science)

Astronomers at Swinburne University and West Virginia University (WVU) have identified a new mysterious burst of radio energy with the race now on to find more, paving the way for a new field of astronomy to emerge – similar to that achieved when the US military revealed the existence of gamma ray bursts in the 1970’s.

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The radio hyperburst is located millions of light years away and is believed to have originated from a source less than 1500 kilometres in size, lasting for five milliseconds. According to Lorimer the burst of radio waves was strong by astronomical standards.

“The burst appears to have originated from the distant Universe and may have been produced by an exotic event such as the collision of two neutron stars or the last gasp of a black hole as it evaporates completely,” Lorimer said.
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