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posted 26. January 2005 22:50

Source: NASA Research.
21st January 2005.

Swift Mission Images the Birth of a Black Hole
Gretchen Cook-Anderson and Nancy Neal-Jones

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The NASA-led Swift mission has detected and imaged its first gamma-ray burst, likely the birth cry of a brand new black hole.

The bright and long burst occurred on January 17. It was in the midst of exploding, as Swift autonomously turned to focus in less than 200 seconds. The satellite was fast enough to capture an image of the event with its X-Ray Telescope (XRT), while gamma rays were still being detected with the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT).

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