Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
Overview
NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory provides astronomers with a unique tool for exploring many different classes of astronomical phenomena, from gamma-ray bursts and supernovae to spinning neutron stars, outbursts from black holes, and even exoplanets, comets and asteroids. These pages gather together media products associated with Swift news releases.
For more information about the Swift mission, visit its NASA webpage.
Produced Videos
Science Topics
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Swift: Gamma-ray Bursts
Nov. 13th, 2014
(updated Sept. 22nd, 2023)No description available.
Spacecraft
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Swift Spacecraft Animation
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, shown in this illustration, launched into Earth orbit in November 2004. The satellite investigates gamma-ray bursts, the most energetic explosions in the universe. Swift observes the sky in visible, ultraviolet, X-ray, and gamma-ray light. Its name reflects its ability to rapidly follow up on interesting objects in the sky. Swift also studies supernova explosions, star-shredding black holes in other galaxies, comets, stellar remnants called neutron stars, and other cosmic phenomena. In 2018, NASA renamed Swift in honor of the late Neil Gehrels, who helped develop the mission and served as its principal investigator for 13 years.Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith (KBRwyle) || swift_spacecraft_update_still.jpg (1920x1080) [769.2 KB] || swift_spacecraft_update_still_print.jpg (1024x576) [328.5 KB] || swift_spacecraft_update_still_searchweb.png (320x180) [94.8 KB] || swift_spacecraft_update_still_web.png (320x180) [94.8 KB] || swift_spacecraft_update_still_thm.png (80x40) [6.5 KB] || swift_spacecraft_update_HQ.mp4 (1920x1080) [47.7 MB] || swift_spacecraft_update_LQ.mp4 (1920x1080) [24.7 MB] || swift_spacecraft_update_prores.mov (1920x1080) [255.2 MB] || swift_spacecraft_update_HQ.webm (1920x1080) [2.2 MB] ||
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Swift - Print Still Images - Wallpaper
From the animation series - a few high resolution JPEG images || print1 || SwiftPrint1.jpg (1440x972) [1.6 MB] || SwiftPrint1_web.png (320x216) [381.5 KB] || SwiftPrint1_thm.png (80x40) [32.8 KB] || SwiftPrint1_searchweb.png (320x180) [128.5 KB] || print2 || SwiftPrint2.jpg (1440x972) [1.3 MB] || SwiftPrint2_web.png (320x216) [327.0 KB] || print3 || SwiftPrint3.jpg (1440x972) [1.8 MB] || SwiftPrint3_web.png (320x216) [381.8 KB] ||
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Infographic: NASA's Swift Gamma-ray Burst Explorer
Click download button to select from a range of sizes.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center || Swift_Infographic_Small.png (1500x1942) [10.6 MB] || Swift_Infographic_Small.jpg (1500x1942) [1.1 MB] || Swift_Infographic_Small_print.jpg (1024x1325) [433.8 KB] || Swift_Infographic_Thumbnail.png (1280x720) [4.3 MB] || Swift_Infographic_Thumbnail_print.jpg (1024x576) [212.5 KB] || Swift_Infographic_Full.png (6000x7765) [72.3 MB] || Swift_Infographic_Full.jpg (6000x7765) [5.7 MB] || Swift_Infographic_Half.png (3000x3883) [31.1 MB] || Swift_Infographic_Half.jpg (3000x3883) [3.1 MB] || Swift_Infographic_Thumbnail_searchweb.png (320x180) [90.4 KB] || Swift_Infographic_Thumbnail_web.png (320x180) [90.4 KB] || Swift_Infographic_Thumbnail_thm.png (80x40) [7.7 KB] || Swift_Infographic_Small.tif (1500x1941) [22.2 MB] || Swift_Infographic_Full.tif (6000x7765) [266.6 MB] || Swift_Infographic_Half.tif (3000x3883) [88.9 MB] ||
Still Images and Graphics
Presentation Resources
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Briefing Materials: NASA Missions Explore Record-Setting Cosmic Blast
On Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, NASA held a media teleconference to discuss new findings related to a brilliant gamma-ray burst detected on April 27. Audio of the teleconference is available for download here.Related feature story: www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-sees-watershed-cosmic-blast-in-unique-detail/.Audio of Sylvia Zhu interview for a Science Podcast. Briefing Speakers Introduction: Paul Hertz, NASA Astrophysics Division Director, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.Charles Dermer, astrophysicist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.Thomas Vestrand, astrophysicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, N.M.Chryssa Kouveliotou, astrophysicist, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. Presenter 1: Charles Dermer ||
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X-ray Telescopes Find Black Hole May Be a Neutrino Factory
A Chandra X-ray telescope image of Sagittarius-A || chandra_sagittarius_a_20150105_print.jpg (1024x576) [116.5 KB] || chandra_sagittarius_a_20150105_searchweb.png (320x180) [74.8 KB] || chandra_sagittarius_a_20150105_web.png (320x180) [74.8 KB] || chandra_sagittarius_a_20150105_thm.png (80x40) [5.7 KB] || chandra_sagittarius_a_20150105_1080p.mp4 (1920x1080) [636.7 KB] || chandra_sagittarius_a_20150105_720p.webm (1280x720) [290.3 KB] || chandra_sagittarius_a_20150105_720p.mp4 (1280x720) [319.4 KB] || chandra_sagittarius_a_20150105_2160p.mp4 (3840x2160) [1.8 MB] || chandra_sagittarius_a_20150105_360p.mp4 (640x360) [94.2 KB] || chandra_sagittarius_a_20150105.tif (3840x2160) [7.3 MB] ||
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Mysterious ‘Cow’ Blast Studied with NASA Telescopes
Watch what scientists think happens when a black hole tears apart a hot, dense white dwarf star. A team working with observations from NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory suggest this process explains a mysterious outburst known as AT2018cow. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterMusic: "Curious Events" from Killer TracksWatch this video on the JPL YouTube channel.Complete transcript available. || AT2018COW_Labeled_Still_3_print.jpg (1024x576) [66.0 KB] || AT2018COW_Labeled_Still_3.jpg (3840x2160) [494.0 KB] || AT2018COW_Labeled_Still_3_searchweb.png (320x180) [56.8 KB] || AT2018COW_Labeled_Still_3_thm.png (80x40) [5.5 KB] || AT2018COW_Labeled_Music_Intro_3_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [116.5 MB] || AT2018COW_Labeled_Music_Intro_3_1080p.mov (1920x1080) [161.2 MB] || AT2018COW_Labeled_Music_Intro_3_1080.webm (1920x1080) [13.2 MB] || AT2018COW_Labeled_Music_Intro_3_ProRes_3840x2160.mov (3840x2160) [4.7 GB] || AT2018COW_Labeled_Music_Intro_3_4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [436.5 MB] || AT2018COW_Labeled_Music_Intro_3_4K.mov (3840x2160) [241.6 MB] || AT2018COW_SRT_Captions.en_US.srt [1.2 KB] || AT2018COW_SRT_Captions.en_US.vtt [1.3 KB] ||
Live Events
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Astrophysics Live Shot 10.17.2017
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NASM 2015: Our Violent Universe
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