File:Illustration of a Short Gamma-Ray Burst Caused by a Collapsing Star (noirlab2121a).tiff
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[edit]DescriptionIllustration of a Short Gamma-Ray Burst Caused by a Collapsing Star (noirlab2121a).tiff |
English: This illustration depicts a collapsing star that is producing two short gamma-ray jets. Just before a massive, collapsing star explodes as a supernova, we often observe a gamma-ray burst (a brief explosion of gamma-ray radiation) if the jets are pointed toward Earth. Most known supernova-produced gamma-ray bursts are “long” (lasting more than two seconds), but one called GRB 200826 was “short” (lasting just 0.6 second). Astronomers think this, and possibly other short supernova-produced gamma-ray bursts, appeared short because the jets of gamma rays aren’t strong enough to completely escape the star. This would produce jets that are shorter in both length and duration. |
Date | 26 July 2021 (upload date) |
Source | Illustration of a Short Gamma-Ray Burst Caused by a Collapsing Star |
Author | International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva Image processing: M. Zamani (NSF's NOIRLab) |
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