NASA Telescopes Reveal That Sagittarius A* May Be Producing Neutrinos
Using three NASA satellites, astronomers have revealed the first evidence that the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole (Sagittarius A*) may be producing neutrinos. The giant…
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NASA’s Swift Detects a Massive Superflare from a Red Dwarf Star
NASA’s Swift satellite detected a massive superflare from a red dwarf star in the binary system DG CVn. The initial blast was as much as…
Swift Satellite Observes Rare Ultra-Long Gamma-Ray Burst
A newly published study analyzes a long-lasting blast of high-energy light, revealing that the gamma-ray burst was a rare and newly recognized class of ultra-long…
Swift Satellite Measures Water Production of Mars Bound Comet C/2013 A1
Using images from NASA’s Swift satellite, astronomers have measured the amount of water production from comet C/2013 A1. In late May, NASA’s Swift satellite imaged…
Swift Reveals Before and After Images of Supernova SN 2014J
Swift’s Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope shows before and after images of supernova SN 2014J, which occurred 12 million light-years away in galaxy M82. An exceptionally close stellar…
NASA’s Swift Discovers Magnetar SGR J1745-29
New data from NASA’s Swift spacecraft have led to the discovery of a rare subclass of neutron star and will help astronomers decipher the physical…
Astronomers View the Infrastructure of Gamma-ray Burst Jet 120308A
Astronomers detail the magnetic fields at the heart of GRB 120308A, which was detected by NASA’s Swift satellite in the constellation Ursa Minor. A new…
NASA’s Swift Reveals “Anti-Glitch” in a Neutron Star
Observations from NASA’s Swift X-ray Telescope have revealed that the rotation of neutron star 1E 2259+586 is slowing down, affecting this magnetar in exactly the…
NASA’s Fermi, Swift View Record-Setting Gamma-Ray Burst
NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and Swift satellite viewed gamma-ray burst 130427A, which produced the highest-energy light ever detected from a GRB. A record-setting blast…
NASA’s Swift Discovers Three Unusually Long-Lasting Stellar Explosions
In three new studies, astronomers discuss the three unusually long-lasting stellar explosions that were discovered by NASA’s Swift satellite and represent a previously unrecognized class…