Monster Gamma-Ray Burst | Space Wallpaper

Friday, March 21, 2014 - 10:00 in Astronomy & Space

This space wallpaper shows an unusually bright gamma-ray burst, which produced a jet that emerged at nearly the speed of light. Gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful type of explosions in the universe and typically mark the destruction of a massive star.

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