" In order to explain the gamma-ray burst, it has to have been a compact star, so not one like the sun, " said study lead writer astronomer Andrew Levan of Radboud University in The Netherlands.

研究报告的主要作者、荷兰拉德堡德大学天文学家安德鲁·莱文说：“为了解释伽玛射线暴，它必须是一颗致密恒星，所以不是像太阳那样的恒星”。