Artist rendering of NASA Swift Satellite

Cosmic Leap: NASA Swift Satellite and AI Unravel the Distance of the Farthest Gamma-Ray Bursts

Two studies pair observational data with machine learning models to increase precision in distance estimates for GRBs. 

Swift, illustrated here, is a collaboration between NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, Penn State in University Park, the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, and Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems in Dulles, Virginia. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith (KBRwyle)

  • Research
  • May 23, 2024
  • By Tony Allen
  • UNLV Media Relations: mediarelations@unlv.edu, (702) 895-3102

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