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Title:
gamma ray burst
Caption:
Artist's concept shows the "naked-eye" GRB close up. Observations suggest material shot outward in a two-component jet (white and green beams). Unparalleled data from satellites and observatories around the globe show that the jet from a powerful stellar explosion March 19 (2008) was aimed almost directly at Earth. The event, called a gamma-ray burst, became bright enough for human eyes to see. The observations give astronomers the most detailed portrait of a burst ever made. NASA's Swift satellite detected the explosion - formally called GRB 080319B - at 2:13 a.m. EDT that morning and pinpointed its position in the constellation Bo??tes.
Credit:
Album / Science Source / NASA/Swift/Mary Pat Hrybyk-Keith and John Jones
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3300 x 3222 px | 30.4 MB
Print size:
27.9 x 27.3 cm | 11.0 x 10.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
080319B • 19 CENTURY • 19 • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY. • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • 2000S • 2008 • 21ST CENTURY • 21ST • 21TH CENTURY • ART • ARTIST • ARTISTE • ASTRONOMIA • ASTRONOMY • BODY • BURST • CELESTIAL • CENTURY • CONCEPT • COSMOGRAPHY • COSMOLOGY • DEEP • DIAGRAM • EVOLUTION • EXPLODING • EXPLOSION • FISH: RAY • GAMMA • GAMMA-RAY • GRB • GRB080319B • HEAVENLY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • JB5854 • MARCH • NINETEENTH CENTURY • OUTERSPACE • RAY • RAY, FISH • SCIENCE • SCIENCE: EVOLUTION • SKY • SPACE (COSMOS) • SPACE • SPATIAL • UNIVERSE • XIX CENTURY
