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Gamma ray bursts are some of the most powerful explosions we know of, ones that we can literally see from across the Universe.  But they are extremely short – lasting only a few milliseconds to a few minutes.  What could cause such an explosion?  Today, Dr. Rodolfo Barniol Duran, a theoretical astrophysicist at Purdue, talks to us about what we know about these mysterious explosions.