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on Oct 29, 2012

Artist illustration of a gamma ray burst

An artist’s rendition of a gamma ray burst focusing the energy of the exploding star along two polar jets. We see these bursts when one of the jets is pointed towards Earth. Credit: NASA/Swift/Mary Pat Hrybyk-Keith and John Jones (via Wikipedia)

An artist's rendition of a gamma ray burst focusing the energy of the exploding star along two polar jets. We see these bursts when one of the jets is pointed towards Earth. Credit: NASA/Swift/Mary Pat Hrybyk-Keith and John Jones (via Wikipedia)

Artist illustration of a gamma ray burst