"This was an event that Earth sees only once every 10,000 years," said Northwestern University astrophysicist Peter Blanchard ...
Northwestern University scientists said Friday they had confirmed that the cause of the brightest gamma-ray burst ever ...
The gamma-ray burst blinded gamma-ray telescopes on Earth and shook the upper parts of our planet's atmosphere.
After a journey lasting about two billion years, photons from an extremely energetic gamma-ray burst (GRB) struck the sensors ...
In October 2022, our telescopes caught something breathtaking – a cosmic flash brighter than anything we'd ever seen. This ...
In 2022, astronomers discovered the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) of all time. Now, astronomers confirm that a 'normal' supernova, the telltale sign of a stellar collapse, accompanied the GRB. The ...
The James Webb Space Telescope's data has confirmed that the intensely bright gamma-ray burst resulted from the explosion of ...
Astronomers believe they have found a rare, massive flare that erupted from an extremely magnetic dead star, or magnetar, ...
James Webb Space Telescope observations show no sign of heavy elements. In October 2022, an international team of researchers ...
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Approximately a year and a half ago, a massive star collapsed and exploded 2 billion light-years away from Earth creating the brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded ...