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Gamma-Ray Burst, Supernova Bump
On November 21, 2001, satellites detected a gamma-ray burst, a flash of high-energy photons lasting less than a minute. Astronomers have since followed the fading optical light from its location. These Hubble Space Telescope images, recorded from December 4, 2001, to May 5, 2002, show the fading transient to the right of a fuzzy, distant galaxy. This galaxy likely hosted the burst.
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In tropical astrology, 17 MAY 2002 falls under Taurus (♉). The sign's window runs from 04-20 through 05-20. Taurus holds the Pleiades star cluster and Aldebaran, the red giant that marks the eye of the Bull. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 17 MAY 2002.