"The gamma-ray burst traveled through intergalactic space at the speed of light for eleven billion years, during which time the Sun and the planets were born." — Timothy Ferris, in the film ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. A massive burst of gamma rays produced by the explosion of a star almost two billion light-years away was so powerful that it ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- An international team of astronomers has observed extremely rapid bursts of high-energy gamma rays from a distant galaxy, an observation that is challenging how astronomers ...

The highly energetic explosion was initially attributed to a burst of gamma rays emitted either by the collision of two neutron stars or from the death of a massive star. Soon, however ...

Climate Cosmos The Gamma Ray Burst That Could Annihilate Earth Posted: 10 January 2025 | Last updated: 10 January 2025 What if the universe had a surprise in store for us? Brace yourselves as we ...

The study revealed 67 short sub-second X-ray bursts, with the brightest lasting approximately 90 milliseconds, providing insights into the Magnetar's emission properties. The findings, published ...