Let's hope they continue to occur in deep space and not in a nearby galaxy, otherwise it will be curtains for all of us.

>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4022683.stm
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>An observatory is launched to detect gamma ray bursts. "[The gamma ray bursts] pack more energy into their fleeting appearance [for a few seconds] than our Sun will release in its entire lifetime."
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>They are currently believed to occur when a star collapses into a black hole.