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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.
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gamma ray burst
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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.
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Album / Science Source / NASA/Swift/Mary Pat Hrybyk-Keith and John Jones
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27.9 x 27.3 cm | 11.0 x 10.7 in (300 dpi)
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