After a journey lasting about two billion years, photons from an extremely energetic gamma-ray burst (GRB) struck the sensors ...
The gamma-ray burst blinded gamma-ray telescopes on Earth and shook the upper parts of our planet's atmosphere.
The brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded was caused by the collapse and explosion of a massive star, astronomers have ...
James Webb Space Telescope observations show no sign of heavy elements. In October 2022, an international team of researchers ...
Swift is a multiwavelength space telescope that scientists are using to find out more about these mysterious gamma-ray ...
An enormous burst of gamma rays from 2.4 billion light-years away that struck Earth last year has been revealed to be caused ...
In October 2022, an international team of researchers, including Northwestern University astrophysicists, observed the ...
Dubbed the B.O.A.T. ("brightest of all time"), gamma ray burst GRB221009A was discovered by JWST in 2022. What caused it is ...
The collapse of a massive star may have caused the brightest cosmic explosion of all time, astronomers have said.
As the semester begins to slow down, scientific discovery has not. This week’s science news in review explores new findings ...
The 20,000-light-year-long fountain of gas is moving at 450 times the top speed of a jet fighter.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has uncovered a significant finding, pinpointing the origin of the most powerful cosmic ...