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Gamma-ray Source Video Transcript

Only violent processes are capable of producing radiation as energetic as gamma rays. Exploding stars called supernova, solar flares, black holes, pulsars, and distance quasars. These are the subjects of Gamma-Ray Astronomy.

Video shows animations or video of stellar explosions, solar flares, material spiralling into a black hole, a pulsar, and a quasar.


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