This animation shows how astronomers think light from a gamma-ray burst called 080319B was released. A narrow jet punched though the outer layers of a collapsing star; this was followed by a wider, less energetic beam (Courtesy of NASA/Swift/Cruz deWilde)
This animation shows how astronomers think light from a gamma-ray burst called 080319B was released. A narrow jet punched though the outer layers of a collapsing star; this was followed by a wider, less energetic beam (Courtesy ...