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Swift

About Me

I'm a satellite and I'm in orbit, so I've been really busy. I've seen over a 170 gamma-ray bursts so far and I have a great view of everyone on Earth. I have a brother, GLAST. He's a bit hyper and annoying, but until he launches I will have my space.
If you really want to know where I am, like right now, or now, or even...now... go here .
You can also get Swift merchandice, shirts, mugs, etc., here .

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I’ve been meeting a lot of gamma rays, actually, and they’ve always been who I’ve wanted to meet. Of course, Patrick Stewart, yeah, I’d like to meet him. But, well, he’d have to travel just a little, as I’m not exactly coming down to meet him! If you’re interested in seeing a map of the gamma-rays I’ve met, and some nifty write ups about where they came from, you can go here .

My Blog

New Gamma-Ray Burst Smashes Cosmic Distance Record

NASA's Swift satellite and an international team of astronomers have found a gamma-ray burst from a star that died when the universe was only 630 million years old, or less than five percent of its pr...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:26:00 GMT

Swift participated in 100 Hours of Astronomy.

Find out more here: http://www.100hoursofastronomy.org/component/content/article /168
Posted by on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:28:00 GMT

Swift Spies Comet Lulin

While waiting for high-energy outbursts and cosmic explosions, NASA's Swift Gamma-ray Explorer satellite is monitoring Comet Lulin as it closes on Earth. For the first time, astronomers are seeing sim...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:28:00 GMT

Swift Shows Active Galaxies Are Different Near and Far

An ongoing X-ray survey undertaken by NASA's Swift spacecraft is revealing differences between nearby active galaxies and those located about halfway across the universe. Understanding these differe...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:30:00 GMT

Gamma-Ray Burst Offers First Peek at a Young Galaxy's Star Factory

Astronomers combining data from NASA's Swift satellite, the W. M. KeckObservatory in Hawaii, and other facilities have, for the first time,identified gas molecules in the host galaxy of a gamma-ray ...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:29:00 GMT

Birth of a Supernova

"Thanks to a fortunate observation with NASA's Swift satellite, astronomers, for the first time, have caught a normal supernova at the moment of its birth-- the first instant when an exploding star be...
Posted by on Wed, 21 May 2008 10:15:00 GMT

Amateur Internet Telescope Observes Light From Stellar Explosion Older Than the Earth

"SAN FRANCISCO -- Light from an explosion more than half way across the universe has been detected by an internet amateur telescope that takes images for students and teachers free of charge." Read mo...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:08:00 GMT

NASA Satellite Detects Record Gamma Ray Burst Explosion Halfway Across Universe

"A powerful stellar explosion detected March 19 by NASA’s Swift satellite has shattered the record for the most distant object that could be seen with the naked eye.The explosion was a gamma ray...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:47:00 GMT

A Galaxy Ablaze With Starbirth

"Combining 39 individual frames taken over 11 hours of exposure time, NASA astronomers have created this ultraviolet mosaic of the nearby "Triangulum Galaxy." "This is the most detailed ultraviolet im...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:26:00 GMT

NASA and Gemini Probe Mysterious Distant Explosion

"Using the powerful one-two combo of NASA's Swift satellite and the Gemini Observatory, astronomers have detected a mysterious type of cosmic explosion farther back in time than ever before. The explo...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:12:00 GMT