Gamma Ray Bursts
A Black Hole can Tear a Neutron Star Apart in Less Than 2 Seconds
An international team has simulated what happens when a black hole and neutron star merge, and the results were pretty
Gamma-ray Bursts can Help Astronomers Measure Vast Distances Across the Universe
Some gamma ray bursts could be used as standard candles and allow astronomers to measure Hubble's constant at greater distances…
New Radio Images of Bizarre “Odd Radio Circles” Which are Vastly Bigger Than the Milky Way
Strange galaxy-sized circles are emitting radio light, and we don't know why.
Exploding Material From a Gamma-ray Burst Scrambled Nearby Magnetic Fields
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 Discovered Through the Gravitational Lensing of a Gamma-ray Burst
An intermediate mass black hole was discovered by its chance alignment with a gamma ray burst.
Astronomers think they’ve seen a magnetar form for the first time; the collision of two neutron stars
Astronomers have seen how two neutron stars created the brightest kilonova ever observed.
Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” X: What is the Firstborn Hypothesis?
In this latest instalment, we explore the possibility that humanity is an early arrival to the Universe, and that intelligent…
A New Kind of Supernova Explosion has been Discovered: Fast Blue Optical Transients
For the child inside all of us space-enthusiasts, there might be nothing better than discovering a new type of explosion.…
NASA Chooses 4 New Astronomy Space Missions for Additional Study
NASA recently selected four new missions for development that will study gravitational waves, supernovae, relativistic jets, and exoplanet habitability.
It Takes Two Stars to Make a Gamma Ray Burst
A new study by researchers from the University of Warwick shows how Gamma Ray Bursts can only occur with binary…