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A gamma ray, also known as gamma radiation (symbol γ), is a penetrating form of electromagnetic radiation.

It comes from the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei. Gamma rays have the shortest wavelength electromagnetic waves. Paul Villard, a French chemist and physicist, discovered gamma radiation in 1900 while studying radiation emitted by radium.

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