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The extremely luminous afterglow of GRB 080319B was imaged by
Swift's X-ray Telescope (left) and Optical/Ultraviolet Telescope (right).
This was by far the brightest gamma-ray burst afterglow ever seen.
Credit: NASA/Swift/Stefan Immler, et al.


3 posted on 03/21/2008 4:10:28 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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NASA Satellite Detects Naked-Eye Explosion Halfway Across Universe
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2008/brightest_grb.html


4 posted on 03/21/2008 4:12:19 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: NormsRevenge
Are these the same Gamma Rays that turned Bruce Banner Into The Hulk?
That would explain my Road Rage incident Thurssday.

13 posted on 03/22/2008 5:52:34 AM PDT by Brainhose (What's It Going To Do.... Nibble Your Bum!?)
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