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... energetic explosions associated with the birth of black holes. Between these bursts, astronomers can use Swift's unique capabilities to study other objects, including newly discovered supernovae. The satellite's X ... ultraviolet light as it interacts with its companion, with larger stars producing brighter, longer enhancements. Swift's UVOT detected no such emission, leading the researchers to exclude large, red giant stars ...

... infrared and radio emissions, but thick clouds of obscuring dust have prevented astronomers from catching Swift J1745-26 in visible light. The nova peaked in hard X-rays -- energies above 10 ... Sbarufatti, an astrophysicist at Brera Observatory in Milan, Italy, who currently is working with other Swift team members at Penn State in University Park, Pa. The black hole must be a ... star -- and even bright emission from supermassive black holes in the hearts of distant galaxies. Swift, launched in November 2004, is managed by Goddard Space Flight Center. It is operated in ...

... missing piece of the scientific puzzle, said Michael Siegel, lead scientist for Swift's Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) at the Swift Mission Operations Center at the university in State College, Pa. The ... to sight the objects. Pennsylvania State University manages the Swift Mission Operations Center, which controls Swift's science and flight operations. Goddard manages Swift, which was launched in November 2004. The satellite is ...

... 's Cryospheric Sciences and Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry programs. -end- ''RELEASE: 10-119'' ''NASA'S SWIFT SURVEY FINDS 'SMOKING GUN' OF BLACK HOLE ACTIVATION'' WASHINGTON -- Data from an ongoing survey by NASA's Swift satellite have helped astronomers solve a decades-long mystery about why a small percentage of ...

... time that BAT had detected a burst, and an XRT detection had autonomously followed it. Swift had carried a third instrument, the Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT), which was still in its ... detect the fleeting bursts and to focus telescopes on them autonomously within a minute. (NASA, “Swift Mission Images the Birth of a Black Hole,” news release 05-019, 21 January 2005, http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2005/jan/HQ_05019_swift_blackhole.html (accessed 11 May 2009).) 2005 January 2005 January Jan 1 2005 1 Jan ...

... quickly pivoted, to observe the burst location with its ultraviolet/optical and x-ray telescopes. Swift had observed a fading x-ray afterglow, but nothing in visible light. Derek B. Fox ... a black hole in one of the universe’s earliest stellar generations. NASA had designed Swift to capture very distant bursts like GRB090423. Neil Gehrels of NASA’s GSFC in Greenbelt, Maryland, and Lead Scientist on NASA’s Swift team, remarked that the burst’s incredible distance from Earth had exceeded the team’s ...

... missions and other government, commercial and private organizations in partnership with the agency. ''NASA's Swift Finds a Gamma-Ray Burst With a Dual Personality'' WASHINGTON -- A peculiar cosmic explosion first detected by NASA's Swift observatory on Christmas Day 2010 was caused either by a novel type of supernova located ...

... University -- Clifford Will, professor of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis ''RELEASE: 11-128 NASA'S SWIFT AND HUBBLE PROBE ASTEROID COLLISION DEBRIS'' WASHINGTON -- Late last year, astronomers noticed an asteroid named ... entirely unlike comets." NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., manages Hubble and Swift. Hubble was built and is operated in partnership with the European Space Agency . Science operations ...

... the planet's host star, an event observed by NASA's Swift satellite. "The multiwavelength coverage by Hubble and Swift has given us an unprecedented view of the interaction between a flare ... ). On Sept. 7, 2011, just eight hours before Hubble was scheduled to observe the transit, Swift was monitoring the star when it unleashed a powerful flare. It brightened by 3.6 ... class. Hubble is a project of international cooperation between NASA and the European Space Agency. Swift is operated in collaboration with several U.S. institutions and partners in the United Kingdom ...

... , a professor of physics at McGill University in Montreal. She leads a team that uses Swift to monitor magnetars routinely. Astronomers dubbed the event an "anti-glitch," said co-author Neil ... rate than before, said lead author Robert Archibald, a graduate student at McGill. Goddard manages Swift, which was launched in November 2004. The telescope is operated in collaboration with Pennsylvania State ...

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