Keywords: GRBs detected by Swift, 2004-2015.jpg en This illustration shows the positions of 1 000 Swift GRBs on an all-sky map oriented so that the plane of our galaxy the Milky Way runs across the center Bursts are color coded by year and the location of GRB 151027B is shown at lower right An annual tally of the number of bursts Swift has detected appears below the label for each year Background An infrared view from the Two Micron All-Sky Survey http //www nasa gov/feature/goddard/nasas-swift-spots-its-thousandth-gamma-ray-burst http //www nasa gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/swift_1000_map_4320_indicated_0 jpg image link 2015-11 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and 2MASS/J Carpenter T H Jarrett and R Hurt PD-USGov-NASA 2MASS Gamma ray bursts Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission 2MASS images |