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2010

July

GRB 100621A - brightest X-rays detected from outside the Galaxy

May

NASA's Swift Survey finds 'Smoking Gun' of Black Hole Activation - NASA
Helium pair have regular violent flare ups - RAS

April

Listening for the 'birth cries' of black holes - BBC

Swift's 500th GRB: New Rosetta stone for GRBs as supernovae - Astronomy Now Online

January

Newborn Black Holes May Add Power to Many Exploding Stars - NASA
'Farthest' star-mass black hole - BBC

2009

Swift XMM-Newton Satellites Tune Into a Middleweight Black Hole - NASA
Swift Makes Best-ever Ultraviolet Portrait of Andromeda Galaxy - NASA

New magnetar SGR 0501+4516: NASA's GCN: ensuring supernovae are seen around the globe - ars technica

GRB 090423 - z=8.3 Around the World in 80 Telescopes - 100 Hours of Astronomy

UVOT grism observation of a GRB: Comet Lulin: NASA 'scope captures ferocious gamma ray burst - The Register
The world's top ten telescopes revealed - Nature
NASA's Swift, Fermi Probe Fireworks From a Flaring Gamma-Ray Star - NASA
NASA's Swift Shows Active Galaxies Are Different Near and Far - NASA
Gamma-Ray Burst Offers First Peek at a Young Galaxy's Star Factory - NASA

2008

Farthest Seeable Thing - AIP's Top ten Physics Stories of the Year
Swift and sure: University of Leicester space scientists help to build and monitor NASA's 'best value' orbital mission - University of Leicester

GRB 080913 - z=6.7: SN 2008D - the shock breakout of a supernova observed GRB 080319B - the "naked eye" burst: NASA's Swift Satellite Catches a Galaxy Ablaze With Starbirth - NASA

GRB 070714B - most distant short GRB yet detected:

2007

GRB 070125 - a long GRB away from nearby galaxies: Black Hole Record Shattered - NASA
NASA Astronomers Find Bizarre Planet-Mass Object Orbiting Neutron Star - NASA
Rare dead star found near Earth - BBC website

New type of AGN discovered:
NASA's Swift Sees Double Supernova in Galaxy - NASA
Gamma-Ray Bursts Active Longer Than Thought - NASA
Gamma-ray bursts and the early Universe - PPARC Frontiers magazine
Robotic Telescope unravels mystery of cosmic blasts - PPARC press release
Bang - The cataclysmic death of stars - National Geographic

GRB 060729 - a very long-lived X-ray afterglow: GRBs - magnetic outflows? Swift team awarded Bruno Rossi Prize:

2006

GRB 060614 - a hybrid?: Two supernovae in one galaxy: II Peg flare:

NASA Performs Headcount of Local Black Holes - NASA press release
Scientists Determine The Nature Of Black Hole Jets - NASA press release
Mug Shots of Supernovas Reveal Two Key Findings - NASA press release
Telescope looks to go to the edge - BBC website

RS Oph - explosion of a recurrent nova: GRB 050801 - a possible magnetar: Deep Impact/Comet Tempel 1: GRB 060218 - the GRB-SN connection:

2005

GRB 050724 - a neutron star-black hole merger?: GRB 050904 - z=6.29: Previously unexpected features in XRT light-curves: Deep Impact/Comet Tempel 1: Rare type of neutron star detected: Gamma-ray Bursts and Swift - RAS Astronomy & Geophysics journal

GRB 050509B - first short burst localised: First GRBs detected by UVOT: Swift fully operational: First GRBs seen by Swift-BAT and XRT:

2004

Swift launch: Pre-launch: Dust halos:

2003

Message in space tribute to University of Leicester Engineer. - University of Leicester
Superbright gamma-ray burst may be closest ever. - New Scientist

2002

Gamma-ray burst afterglow: supernova connection. - Astronomy Picture of the Day
Astronomers unravel mystery of gamma-ray bursts. - PPARC

2000

Death Rays. - The Guardian

1999

British Scientists chosen for key role in Swift. - University of Leicester
Brightest light ever seen baffles the boffins. - The Guardian

Radio, TV and Internet broadcasts

Gewaltige Explosion: Gammablitz lässt Weltraumteleskop erblinden - SpiegelOnline Video (in German!)
An interview with Dave Burrows about GRB 100621A (Up All Night, BBC Radio 5 - about 1 hour 24 min into the show; 16th July 2010)
A flash from the early Universe
We are Astronomers (Planetarium show by NSC Creative; May 2009)
Jodcast about Gamma Ray Bursts from JENAM - part 2 (May 2009)
Jodcast about Gamma Ray Bursts from JENAM - part 1 (May 2009)
Oldest Bang since the Big Bang! (Planetary Radio; May 2009)
Around the World in 80 Telescopes (100 Hours of Astronomy webcast; April 2009)
X-ray Woman Meets The Green Comet (Podcast from University of Toronto; March 2009)
The Sky at Night: Big Bangs (November 2008)
Behind the Scenes in the world of science - Nottingham Science (September 2008)
The brightest light in the Universe (Planetary Radio; April 2008)
The Sky at Night: The Sun Revealed (April 2008)
Gamma-Ray Bursts: Flashes in the Sky (American Museum of Natural History; July 2007)
The Cosmos: A Beginner's Guide - Violent Universe - BBC 2 TV series
The Sky at Night: Bangs in the Night (June 2006)
Jodcast about Gamma Ray Bursts (April 2006)
Gamma Ray Bursts: Explaining the Universe's biggest bangs (Planetary Radio; October 2005)
Radio 4 - Leading Edge: Swift spots death throes of most distant Star on record (15th September 2005)
The Sky at Night: Deep Impact. (July 2005)
The Sky at Night: Eye on the Universe. (May 2005)
The Sky at Night: Star Death. (November 2004)
Radio 4 - The Material World: Gamma-ray Bursts and CERN. (30th September 2004)
The Sky at Night: Robo Scope. (September 2004)

Astronomy Picture of the Day

GRB 090423: The Farthest Explosion Yet Measured (29th April 2009)
The Swift View of Comet Lulin (21st February 2009)
GRB 060218: A Mysterious Transient (27th February 2006)
A Swift Look at Tempel 1 (3rd July 2005)
Swift RocketCam (24th December 2004)
Swift Launches (22nd November 2004)
X-ray rings expand from a gamma-ray burst. (30th January 2004)
Gamma-ray burst afterglow: supernova connection. (5th April 2002)

University of Leicester Bulletin

'Naked-eye' gamma-ray burst was aimed squarely at Earth (September 2008)
Death of massive star creates brightest burst ever seen (March 2008)
Swift team awarded top high energy astronomy prize (January 2007)
University of Leicester Scientists Describe Cosmic Explosion 'Never Witnessed Before' (February 2006)
Swift Satellite Wins "Best of What's New" Award in Popular Science (November 2005)
Leicester Plays Key Role in Deep Impact Mission (July 2005)
Leicester Space Scientists Among Those Honoured by NASA (March 2005)
Keck Telescope Helps Detect First Gamma-Ray Bursts From The "Swift" Satellite (February 2005)
NASA successfully launches Swift satellite. (November 2004)
'Unprecedented Tribute' to be Paid to University of Leicester Scientist. (October 2004)

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