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This computer simulation shows the distribution of relativistic particles (moving near light speed) in the jet as it breaks out of the star. Yellow and orange are very high energy and will ultimately make a gamma-ray burst, but only for an observer looking along the jet (+/- about 5 degrees). Note also the presence of some small amount of energy in mildly relativistic matter (blue) at larger angles off the jet. These will produce X-ray flashes that may be much more frequently seen. The results appear in the June 19 issue of Nature. The burst was detected by NASA's High-Energy Transient Explorer (HETE) and observed in detail with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile.