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Student-built satellite detects likely merger of neutron stars 3 billion light years away

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EIRSAT-1 , the student-built satellite from University College Dublin ( UCD ) detected two separate gamma-ray bursts on 21 August .

One of the bursts has been confirmed by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) ground and space telescope network to emanate from 3 billion light years away.

The satellite was designed, built and tested at UCD under guidance of the European Space Agency ( ESA ) Education division " Fly Your Satellite " program.

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