Gamma Ray Bursts
ALMA Sheds New Light on ‘Dark’ Gamma-ray Bursts
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) represent the most powerful explosions in the cosmos, sending out as much energy in a matter of…
Surprise Gamma-Ray Burst Behaves Differently Than Expected
Roughly once a day the sky is lit up by a mysterious torrent of energy. These events — known as gamma-ray…
Bright, Long-Lasting GRB Sets Energy Output Record
Last weekend (April 27, 2013), the Fermi and Swift spacecraft witnessed a “shockingly” bright burst of gamma rays from a…
New Kind of Gamma Ray Burst is Ultra Long-Lasting
According to astronomer Andrew Levan, there’s an old adage in studying gamma ray bursts: “When you’ve seen one gamma ray…
Integral: Ten Years Tracking Extreme Radiation Across the Universe
Caption: Artist's impression of ESA's orbiting gamma-ray observatory Integral. Image credit: ESA Integral, ESA's International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory launched ten…
A Gamma-Ray Burst as Music
This is awesome. What would a gamma-ray burst sound like? No one really knows, but members of the team that…
Fermi Gamma Ray Observatory Harvests Cosmic Mysteries
[/caption] When it comes to high-energy sources, no one knows them better than NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Taking a…
Space Telescopes Observe Unprecedented Explosion
[/caption] From a NASA press release: NASA's Swift, Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory have teamed up to study…
Ultraluminous Gamma Ray Burst 080607 – A “Monster in the Dark”
[/caption] Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are among the most energetic phenomena astronomers regularly observe. These events are triggered by massive…
Swift Briefly Blinded by Mega X-ray Blast
[/caption] A record-breaking gamma ray burst from beyond the Milky Way temporarily blinded the X-ray eye on NASA's Swift space…