This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way,

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This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way, or to imply the endorsement by ESO of any product, service or activity Gamma-ray burst (GRB 080319B), artwork. GRBs are extremely high-energy events that may be the result of a neutron star being torn apart by a black hole. This GRB occurred around billion light years from Earth, in the constellation Bootes, observed on 19 March 2008 by the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission. It was so intense that it was briefly the most distant object visible to the naked eye. It consisted of a narrow jet and a wider jet (both shown here), with similar jets emerging from the star's other pole. The brightness of this event was due to the narrow jet pointing directly at :

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