Gamma Ray Bursts

A Gamma-ray Burst Disturbed the Earth’s Ionosphere

You'd think that something happening billions of light-years away wouldn't affect Earth, right? Well, in 2002, a burst of gamma…

18 hours ago

JWST Confirms the Formation of Heavy Elements in a Kilonova

A recent study published in Nature investigates recent observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and ground-based telescopes of…

1 month ago

What’s the Link Between Gamma Ray Bursts and Supernovae? It Might Be Binary Stars

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are some of the most violent events in the universe. Some have a power output equivalent to…

2 months ago

A 2022 Gamma Ray Burst Was So Powerful, it was Detected by Spacecraft Across the Solar System

Gamma-ray bursts are some of the most powerful explosions ever detected, emitting more radiation than the rest of their host…

3 months ago

A Gamma Ray Burst Lasted So Long it Triggered a Satellite Twice

amma-ray bursts are the most powerful explosions in the Universe, briefly outshining all the stars in their galaxy combined. They…

4 months ago

Supervillains Take Note. Here’s a New Way to Destroy a Star

If you're an evil genius supervillain looking to freak out your enemy with a big messy space kablooie, here's a…

5 months ago

Colliding Neutron Stars can Generate Long Gamma-ray Bursts

Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic recurring events in the Universe. Only the Big Bang was more energetic, and…

12 months ago

How Artificial Intelligence Can Find the Source of Gamma-Ray Bursts

Gamma-ray bursts come in two main flavors, short and long. While astronomers believe that they understand what causes these two…

12 months ago

Gamma-ray Bursts Don’t Always Signal the Birth of a Black Hole, Sometimes It’s Just a New Neutron Star

Way out in the universe, a long time ago, a proto-magnetar was born. The birth was heralded by a gamma-ray…

1 year ago

Astronomers Just saw the Most Powerful Gamma-ray Burst Ever Recorded

In a series of studies, two teams of astronomers shared their data on the closest and most powerful gamma ray…

1 year ago