The intense radiation was part of a gamma-ray burst that lasted a minute and which marked the death of a massive star transmogrifying itself into a black hole.

这种强辐射是爆发持续了一分钟之久的伽马射线的一部分，这标志着一颗超大质量恒星的死亡同时将自己转变成一个黑洞。

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Its Burst Alert Telescope is set up to catch the intense but fleeting flash of very high-energy gamma radiation that initially signals a GRB event.

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