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What are the different kinds of gamma ray bursts? What powers them? What do we still have to understand about them? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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Keep those questions about space, science, astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology coming to #AskASpaceman for COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF TIME AND SPACE! Music by Jason Grady and Nick Bain.

What Are Gamma Rays? - 0:00
The First Gamma Ray Burst - 3:01
Collapsars - 5:49
Kilonovas - 9:49
Magnetars - 13:00