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Jun 18, 2011
Ultra-Bright Burst of Light Marks the Death Throes of a Star Being Eaten Alive
Cosmic explosion was not a typical gamma-ray burst
Apr 08, 2011
Unprecedented Cosmic Explosion Spawns an Intergalactic Mystery
A mystery is unfolding out there in the cosmos, and NASA’s Swift, Hubble Space Telescope, and Chandra X-Ray Observatory are...
Jul 15, 2010
Strongest X-Ray Burst Ever Seen Bombards NASA’s Swift Observatory, Temporarily Blinding It
NASA scientists have figured out what temporarily knocked out the X-ray detector on the agency’s Swift space observatory earlier this...