Locations of Swift's 500 Gamma-Ray Bursts (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Locations of Swift's 500 Gamma-Ray Bursts

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This all-sky map shows the locations of Swift's 500 gamma-ray bursts, color coded by the year in which they occurred. In the background, an infrared image shows the location of our galaxy and its largest satellites.

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NASA/Swift/Francis Reddy

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