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NASA Spitzer Space Telescope Collection
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NASA Spitzer Space Telescope Collection
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Title:
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Gamma-Ray Burst 050525a
Title
Gamma-Ray Burst 050525a
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Description:
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Heat generated from a gamma-ray burst has been detected for the first time by a team of astronomers led by University of Notre Dame physicist Peter Garnavich.
Spitzer looked at "GRB 050525a" (named by the date it was discovered, May 25, 2005) with all three of its detectors May 27, just two days after the burst was identified by Swift, another NASA satellite designed to study GRB from gamma-ray wavelengths to visible light.
The light from gamma-ray burst afterglows fades quickly, so Spitzer had to move fast to catch the burst before it disappeared from view.
Gamma-ray bursts are huge blasts of energy visible across large distances in the universe. Research by the same team in 2003 showed that some gamma-ray bursts come from the death of massive stars in a supernova explosion. The explosion is signaled by a short burst of gamma-rays that are then often accompanied by an afterglow of light, X-rays and radio waves which last for just a few hours to a few days. The spasms of light burn with the brilliance of 10 billion suns as a narrow jet of particles, traveling nearly at the speed of light, runs into slow gas surrounding the star.
Description
Heat generated from a gamma-ray burst has been detected for the first time by a team of astronomers led by University of Notre Dame physicist Peter Garnavich.
Spitzer looked at "GRB 050525a" (named by the date it was discovered, May 25, 2005) with all three of its detectors May 27, just two days after the burst was identified by Swift, another NASA satellite designed to study GRB from gamma-ray wavelengths to visible light.
The light from gamma-ray burst afterglows fades quickly, so Spitzer had to move fast to catch the burst before it disappeared from view.
Gamma-ray bursts are huge blasts of energy visible across large distances in the universe. Research by the same team in 2003 showed that some gamma-ray bursts come from the death of massive stars in a supernova explosion. The explosion is signaled by a short burst of gamma-rays that are then often accompanied by an afterglow of light, X-rays and radio waves which last for just a few hours to a few days. The spasms of light burn with the brilliance of 10 billion suns as a narrow jet of particles, traveling nearly at the speed of light, runs into slow gas surrounding the star.
Description
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Release Date:
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2005/06/09
Release_Date
2005/06/09
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Release Credit:
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/P. Garnavich (Notre Dame)
Release_Credit
NASA/JPL-Caltech/P. Garnavich (Notre Dame)
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Object type:
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Gamma-ray burst
Object_type
Gamma-ray burst
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Instrument:
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IRAC
Instrument
IRAC
Instrument
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facet_what:
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Visible Light
facet_what
Visible Light
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facet_what:
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FAST
facet_what
FAST
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facet_what:
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Swift
facet_what
Swift
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Infrared Array Camera (IRAC)
facet_what
Infrared Array Camera (IRAC)
facet_what
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
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facet_when:
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2003
facet_when
2003
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facet_when:
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May 25, 2005
facet_when
May 25, 2005
facet_when
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facet_when_year:
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2005
facet_when_year
2005
facet_when_year
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facet_when_year:
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2003
facet_when_year
2003
facet_when_year
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Image #:
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sig05-007
Image_#
sig05-007
Image #
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original url:
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original_url
original url
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UID:
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SPD-SPITZ-sig05-007
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SPD-SPITZ-sig05-007
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