Swift: Gamma-ray Bursts

Released Thursday, November 13th, 2014
Updated Tuesday, January 21st, 2025 at 12:00AM

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What Are Gamma-ray Bursts?
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Long Gamma-Ray Burst
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NASA Missions Probe What May Be a 1-In-10,000-Year Gamma-ray Burst
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NASA’s Fermi, Swift Capture Revolutionary Gamma-Ray Burst
$On April 15, 2020, a wave of X-rays and gamma rays lasting only a fraction of a second triggered detectors on NASA and European spacecraft. The event was a giant flare from a magnetar, a type of city-sized stellar remnant that boasts the strongest magnetic fields known. Watch to learn more.Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight CenterMusic: "Collision Course-Alternative Version" from Universal Production MusicWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available.$
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NASA Missions Unveil Magnetar Eruptions in Nearby Galaxies
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A New Era in Gamma-ray Science
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Swift: A Decade of Game-Changing Astrophysics
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Doomed Neutron Stars Create Blast of Light and Gravitational Waves
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Briefing Materials: NASA Missions Explore Record-Setting Cosmic Blast
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Swift's 500 Gamma-ray Bursts
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The Dual Personality of the 'Christmas Burst'
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Swift Detects its 500th Gamma Ray Burst
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A Trio of Swift Bursts Form A New Class of GRBs
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NASA's Fermi, Swift See 'Shockingly Bright' Gamma-ray Burst
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Naked-Eye Gamma-ray Burst Model for GRB 080319B
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Gamma Ray Burst
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NASA's Swift Catches its 1,000th Gamma-ray Burst
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When Neutron Stars Collide
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Scientists Watch Baby Black Hole Get to Work Fast
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Cosmic Explosion Second Only to the Sun in Brightness