Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic recurring events in the Universe. Only the Big Bang was more energetic, and…
Gamma-ray bursts come in two main flavors, short and long. While astronomers believe that they understand what causes these two…
The Hubble Space Telescope, to which we owe our current estimates for the age of the universe and the first…
In a series of studies, two teams of astronomers shared their data on the closest and most powerful gamma ray…
An international team has simulated what happens when a black hole and neutron star merge, and the results were pretty
Some gamma ray bursts could be used as standard candles and allow astronomers to measure Hubble's constant at greater distances…
Strange galaxy-sized circles are emitting radio light, and we don't know why.
A team of astronomers has found that giant, organized magnetic fields can help drive some of the most powerful explosions…
An intermediate mass black hole was discovered by its chance alignment with a gamma ray burst.
Astronomers have seen how two neutron stars created the brightest kilonova ever observed.