Gamma Ray Bursts

What is a Supernova?

[/caption] What is a supernova? Well, "nova" means "new star", and "super" means "really big", like supermarket, so a supernova…

14 years ago

GRB Central Engines Observed in Nearby Supernovae?

[/caption] Are the relativistic jets of long gamma ray bursts (GRBs) produced by brand new black holes? Do some core-collapse…

14 years ago

Hypernova

[/caption] Nova, "new star"; supernova, a "super" nova; hypernova, a super-duper, or super super, nova! This word appeared in the…

14 years ago

Supernova or GRB? Radio Observations Allow Astronomers to Find Unusual Object

[/caption] For the first time, astronomers have found a supernova explosion with properties similar to a gamma-ray burst, but without…

14 years ago

Fermi Finds Gamma-Ray Microquasar

Fermi's Large Area Telescope has detected bursts of gamma-rays in the binary system Cygnus X-3, which astronomers say are coming…

14 years ago

More Observations of GRB 090423, the Most Distant Known Object in the Universe

[/caption] This image shows the afterglow of GRB 090423 (red source in the centre) and was created from images taken…

14 years ago

Blaming Black Holes for Gamma Ray Bursts

[/caption] Black holes get a bad rap. Most people are afraid of them, and some think black holes might even…

15 years ago