Gamma Ray Bursts
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…
Hubble Has Looked at the 2017 Kilonova Explosion Almost a Dozen Times, Watching it Slowly Fade Away
In 2017, LIGO (Laser-Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory) and Virgo detected gravitational waves coming from the merger of two neutron stars.…
Massive Triple Star System Creates this Bizarre Swirling Pinwheel of Dust. And it Could be the Site of a Gamma Ray Burst
An international team of astronomers recently located a triple star system in our galaxy that will someday unleash a massive…
Physicists Have Created an Artificial Gamma Ray Burst in the Lab
For the first time, a team of researchers have managed to recreate gamma ray bursts (GRBs) in the lab, opening…
How Do Stars Go Rogue?
Rogue stars are moving so quickly they’re leaving the Milky Way, and never coming back. How in the Universe could…