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By Monte Morin / The Bulletin
January 28, 2013
They’ve been a mystery ever since they burst onto the cosmic scene several years ago — short-lived, red eruptions that burned brighter than novas, yet dimmer than supernovas.
Not only were astronomers hard pressed to explain what caused these newly observed events, they couldn’t even agree on....