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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
National Geographic's top 10 space pictures of 2008
3. Gamma-ray burst visible to naked eye
In March scientists detected an interstellar explosion so bright that it was briefly visible to the naked eye—from 7.5 billion light-years away. Images captured by NASA's Swift satellite show two views of the unusual gamma-ray burst, an outpouring of high-energy radiation and particles thought to follow the collapse of a massive star.
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