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Although the possibility of multiple types of GRBs meant that the two theories were not mutually exclusive, the distance measurement unequivocally placed the source of the GRB outside the Milky Way, effectively ending the debate.
Despite the reference listed later in the article, there is nothing here that demonstrates the debate is over. If the two theories are not mutually exclusive - if local, low energy GRBs can exist in a universe with very distance, high energy GRBs - then the distance and energy measurements of one GRB cannot exclude the other. Either the non-exclusivity statement is wrong, or the "effectively ending the debate" conclusion is wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.158.222.82 ( talk) 09:08, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
I was thinking the same thing, beat me to it. -=-Jonbobsmith —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonbobsmith ( talk • contribs) 16:37, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
I don't think this article does a good job of explaning what _causes_ a GRB. It says they are caused by explosions . . . but what causes the explosion? It is the explosion of a star or--???
What does it mean: "The burst is expected to arrive in 200–8000 years."? It has been detected, so obviously it has already arrived... Tr00rle ( talk) 00:57, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
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Although the possibility of multiple types of GRBs meant that the two theories were not mutually exclusive, the distance measurement unequivocally placed the source of the GRB outside the Milky Way, effectively ending the debate.
Despite the reference listed later in the article, there is nothing here that demonstrates the debate is over. If the two theories are not mutually exclusive - if local, low energy GRBs can exist in a universe with very distance, high energy GRBs - then the distance and energy measurements of one GRB cannot exclude the other. Either the non-exclusivity statement is wrong, or the "effectively ending the debate" conclusion is wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.158.222.82 ( talk) 09:08, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
I was thinking the same thing, beat me to it. -=-Jonbobsmith —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonbobsmith ( talk • contribs) 16:37, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
I don't think this article does a good job of explaning what _causes_ a GRB. It says they are caused by explosions . . . but what causes the explosion? It is the explosion of a star or--???
What does it mean: "The burst is expected to arrive in 200–8000 years."? It has been detected, so obviously it has already arrived... Tr00rle ( talk) 00:57, 6 January 2015 (UTC)