Q&A WITH AN EXTRAGALACTIC STAR MODELLER
Aug 13, 2020
2 minutes
Shaoni Bhattacharya interviews Dr Elizabeth Stanway
What is a gamma-ray burst (GRB)?
When a massive star exhausts all of its fuel, it collapses under its own weight and dies in a supernova. When the star is very, very massive and is spinning rapidly at the same time as collapsing, it forms a black hole at its core and sends out jets of energy. A gamma-ray burst occurs when
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