File:NASA Missions Detect Record-Breaking Burst (SVS14227).jpg

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Swift’s X-Ray Telescope captured the afterglow of GRB 221009A about an hour after it was first detected.

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English: Swift’s X-Ray Telescope captured the afterglow of GRB 221009A about an hour after it was first detected. The bright rings form as a result of X-rays scattered by otherwise unobservable dust layers within our galaxy that lie in the direction of the burst. The dark vertical line is an artifact of the imaging system.Credit: NASA/Swift/A. Beardmore (University of Leicester)
Date 13 October 2022, 19:30:00 (upload date)
Source NASA Missions Detect Record-Breaking Burst
Author NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - Francis Reddy, Elizabeth Hays, Brad Cenko, Scott Wiessinger
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Astrophysics; Space; Black Hole; Gamma Ray Burst; Gamma Ray; Star; X-ray; HDTV

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