This video segment from Swift: Eyes through Time deals with the advancement of science through changing existing ideas, refuting outdated theories, and incorporating new findings. [4:58]

This segment from Swift: Eyes through Time traces the observations of military officers and engineers as they discovered strange phenomena in the sky that astronomers now know are gamma-ray bursts. [3:39]

This video segment of Swift: Eyes through Time provides concrete examples to explain the concept that distance in space equals distance in time. [3:53]

Gamma-ray bursts are not only incredible to study, but their discovery has an epic story all its own. Today Phil takes you through some Cold War history and then dives into what we know. Bursts come in two rough varieties: Long and...