Not exact matches
To confirm that finding, the Hubble Space Telescope obtained visible - light
images of this galaxy and the burst's
afterglow (
image, top).
As expected, Lin's
images showed big X-ray sources at the two footprints and a 40 - million - degree
afterglow that he believes marks the reconnection site.
Infrared
afterglow of GRB 090423 (circled) in a false - color
image from the Gemini North Telescope in Hawaii: Gemini Observatory / NSF / AURA, D. Fox and A. Cucchiara (Penn State University) and E. Berger (Harvard University)
Recognition of the fact that all of space is bathed in radiation, providing a ghostly
image of the cool
afterglow of creation, would have to await the development of modern technologies designed not to explore eternity but to allow humans to phone home.
Stefan Immler, Swift, GSFC, NASA Larger and jumbo X-ray
images of GRB 090423's
afterglow (
image is 6.3 arcminutes wide).