Maia Williams (IMAGE)

Penn State

Maia Williams

Caption

Maia Williams, a research technologist at Penn State and a member of Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory's Missions Operation Center, was on call the day that the brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded was detected. Gamma-ray bursts are some of the most powerful explosions in the universe and usually result when a dying star collapses, sending jets of particles into space.

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Michelle Bixby/Penn State

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