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A tiny Eastern European cubesat measured a monster gamma-ray burst better than NASA. Here's how
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen blinded all of NASA's flagship gamma-ray missions last year....
A fleet of gamma-ray burst detecting cubesats could help crack mystery of neutron star mergers
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA constellation of tiny satellites could revolutionize the study of the most energetic explosion in...
Astronomers discover ancient, very distant gamma-ray burst
Space via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory was peering through eons and eons in September 2021 when it...
NASA suspends Swift gamma-ray space telescope operations
Space via Yahoo News· 1 month agoNASA has shut down its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, but don't panic; this is only a temporary...
Cosmic explosion that blinded space instruments ‘may be the brightest ever seen’
Press Association News via AOL· 1 year agoA cosmic explosion two billion light years from Earth that blinded space instruments may be the...
James Webb Space Telescope finds rare heavy chemical element from 'kilonova' explosion
Space via Yahoo News· 6 months agoTellurium, an element rarer than platinum on Earth, was just found in the aftermath of a violent...