Dense Knots of Dust Dim the Light of a Dark Gamma-ray Burst (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Dense Knots of Dust Dim the Light of a Dark Gamma-ray Burst

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Dense knots of dust in otherwise normal galaxies dim the light of a dark gamma-ray burst (center). The dust absorbs most or all of a burst's visible light but not higher-energy X-rays and gamma rays.

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NASA/Swift/Aurore Simonnet

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