Gamma ray burst. Computer artwork of a gamma ray burst. These are extremely high-energy events, which flare up at random places throughout the univers

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Gamma ray burst. Computer artwork of a gamma ray burst. These are extremely high-energy events, which flare up at random places throughout the universe. The burst, a flash of radiation seen as two jets, may be as bright as the rest of the universe combined for a few seconds. They are thought to be extremely distant, up to 12 billion light years away. They may be the result of a neutron star being torn apart by a black hole. The conditions within the burst itself, a volume only 100 miles across , are thought to be similar to those that were present about one millisecond (one thousandth of a second) after the Big Bang.

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Size: 3425px × 4370px
Photo credit: © MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: artwork, astronomy, black, bright, burst, burster, collapsar, collapsed, collapsing, cosmology, death, dying, energetic, exploded, explosion, gamma, grb, hole, illustration, jet, jets, peculiar, ray, science, space, star, stellar, universe, vertical, violent