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Recent Examples on the Web In a new paper, Russian scientists posit that the right blast of gamma radiation could reveal wormholes in black hole disguise. — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, "Some Black Holes May Actually Be Secret Wormholes," 11 Jan. 2021 The team observed a quick flash of gamma radiation, the result of the stars crashing and sending space matter blasting through the galaxy to settle among the stars. — Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, "For the First Time Ever, Scientists Witnessed the Birth of a Supermassive Magnetar After Two Stars Collided," 13 Nov. 2020 In addition, the Navy used parts of both sites as radioactive waste dumps, burying thousands of small objects that emit low-level gamma radiation. — Jason Fagone, San Francisco Chronicle, "‘Extremely unlikely that they will find anything’," 28 Aug. 2020 Could that gamma radiation have created a group of mutants? — Eliana Dockterman, Time, "What's Next for the X-Men After Dark Phoenix?," 7 June 2019 But on its way out, the cosmic ray collides with gas in the solar atmosphere and fizzles in a flurry of gamma radiation. — Quanta Magazine, "The Sun Is Stranger Than Astrophysicists Imagined," 27 Aug. 2019 But on its way out, the cosmic ray collides with gas in the solar atmosphere and fizzles in a flurry of gamma radiation. — Quanta Magazine, "The Sun Is Stranger Than Astrophysicists Imagined," 27 Aug. 2019 But on its way out, the cosmic ray collides with gas in the solar atmosphere and fizzles in a flurry of gamma radiation. — Quanta Magazine, "The Sun Is Stranger Than Astrophysicists Imagined," 27 Aug. 2019 Further research largely waited until the 1970s, when better scientific instruments, from receivers to gamma radiation-detecting space telescopes, let astronomers and physicists confirm the earlier calculations and observations. — Joe Lindsey, Popular Mechanics, "Filling the Void: What Is Dark Matter?," 28 May 2019

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