Chandra Release - April 7, 2011

Visual Description: GRB 110328A

GRB 110328A is a gamma-ray burst detected by the Chandra X-ray Observatory on April 4, 2011. The image shows a bright blue splotch, surrounded by some smaller dimmer dots of blue just around the splotch, all positioned in the center of a large black background. This Chandra observation confirms the association of GRB 110328A with the center of a distant galaxy and shows that it was an exceptionally long-lived and luminous event compared to other gamma-ray bursts.