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	+ Home		Taking the Vision to the Next Step Contractors explore concepts for returning to the Moon and travelling to Mars and beyond. + Read More A Flash in the Cosmic Pan Catching gamma-ray bursts is harder than bottling lighting. + Read More NASA Direct News Week of Oct. 1, 2004 + View this Video + View Text Page + El video en español + El texto en español Scientists Say Supernova Imminent Three powerful blasts from three wholly different regions in space might be early alert systems for star explosions called supernovae. + Read More Blinded by the Light Ancient gamma-ray bursts could mark the birth of black holes or death of stars. + View this Video NGC 281: Cluster, Clouds, and Globules + Read More Missions - Timeline + Read More President's Commission + Visit archived Web site NASA Gamma-Ray Burst Satellite Team Assembles World's Largest Telescope Mask The team behind the NASA's Swift gamma-ray burst satellite constructed a massive "coded aperture mask," the largest such device ever built. + Read More Short and Long Gamma-Ray Bursts Different to the Core Analysis of nearly 2,000 gamma-ray bursts -- the mysterious creators of black holes and the most powerful explosions known in the Universe -- has revealed that the two major varieties appear to arise from different types of events. + Read More Gamma-Ray Bursts, X-Ray Flashes, Supernovae Not As Different As They Appear A study shows that gamma-ray bursts, X-ray flashes and certain supernovae are connected by their common explosive energy, suggesting that a single type of phenomenon -- the explosion of a massive star -- is the culprit. + Read More Race to Gamma-Ray Burst Reveals Gigantic Explosion, Death & Birth Moments after a gamma-ray burst, scientists witnessed the death of a gigantic star and the birth of something monstrous in its place -- quite possibly a brand-new, spinning black hole. + Read More NASA Detects One of the Closest and Brightest Gamma-Ray Bursts NASA's High-Energy Transient Explorer (HETE) detects one of the brightest and closest bursts yet, signaling the birth of a black hole in the constellation Leo. + Read More Biggest Cosmic Explosions May Also Propel Fastest Objects in the Universe Gamma-ray bursts may generate the most energetic particles in the Universe, known as the ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays, according to observations from NASA's Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory. + Read More Amateur Astronomer Locates Powerful Stellar Explosion Before the Pros Berto Monard of South Africa became the first amateur astronomer to discover an afterglow of a gamma-ray burst. + Read More Rosetta Stone Decodes Gamma-Ray Burst Mystery Scientists have pieced together the key elements of a gamma-ray burst, from star death to dramatic black hole birth, thanks to a "Rosetta stone" found on March 29, 2003. + Read More Swift Satellite to Catch Mysterious Bursts The RHESSI satellite was snapping X-ray pictures of solar flares when it caught an extremely bright background gamma-ray burst, revealing a novel physical feature of these gamma rays -- their polarization. + Read More Sing the Swift Song! The theme song of the Swift mission is an upbeat, catchy tune performed by The Chromatics. + Hear the Swift Song Swift Arrives at KSC Preparing to unravel the mystery of Gamma-ray bursts. + View this Video Spirit's Tracks Seen From Orbit + Read More Archive Page 2 of 23 + Previous + Next
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