File:KSC-04-S-00319 (ksc 092104 swift instrument).webm

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KSC-04-S-00319_(ksc_092104_swift_instrument).webm (WebM audio/video file, VP9/Opus, length 1 min 11 s, 320 × 212 pixels, 269 kbps overall, file size: 2.27 MB)

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More than thirty years since their accidental discovery, gamma-ray bursts are still a mystery to scientists. These brief, fierce explosions occur randomly each day, making them very hard to study.

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English: More than thirty years since their accidental discovery, gamma-ray bursts are still a mystery to scientists. These brief, fierce explosions occur randomly each day, making them very hard to study. But NASA's Swift spacecraft and its trio of telescopes will leave gamma-ray bursts nowhere to hide. The highly sensitive Burst Alert Telescope will be the first instrument to detect a new blast. It will feed this information to the X-ray Telescope and UltraViolet_Optical Telescope, which will further pinpoint the burst's location. Using light energy data, known as spectra, the X-ray Telescope will reveal more about the environment between us and the explosion, and what chemicals were produced. The UltraViolet_Optical Telescope will also take pictures of the bursts in ultraviolet and visible light. Swift is expected to study about 100 gamma-ray bursts a year.
Date Taken on 23 September 2004
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This image or video was catalogued by Kennedy Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: ksc_092104_swift_instrument.

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wavelength; ultraviolet; gamma_ray; burst; telescope; optical

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