NASA launches Swift gamma-ray burst observatory
NASA's Swift observatory lifted off Nov. 20 atop a Boeing Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., marking the beginning of what program officials say could be a new era in quick-response astronomy. Swift's primary mission is to study fleeting gamma-ray bursts, the most energetic explosions...
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