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We highlight a number of important results from the Swift era thus far.

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Title:		The Swift satellite lives up to its name, revealing cosmic explosions as they happen
Authors:		Starling, Rhaana L. C.
Publication:		eprint arXiv:0810.3523
Publication Date:		10/2008
Origin:		ARXIV
Keywords:		Astrophysics
Comment:		11 pages, 5 figures, to appear in the Triennial Issue of Philosophical Transactions A of the Royal Society
Bibliographic Code:		2008arXiv0810.3523S

Abstract

Gamma-ray Bursts are the most powerful objects in the Universe. Discovered in the 1960's as brief flashes of gamma-radiation, we now know they emit across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, are located in distant galaxies and comprise two distinct populations, one of which may originate in the deaths of massive stars. The launch of the Swift satellite in 2004 has brought a flurry of new discoveries, advancing our understanding of these sources and the galaxies that host them. We highlight a number of important results from the Swift era thus far.

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