Search results
Record-breaking 'BOAT' gamma-ray burst managed to disturb Earth's atmosphere
Space via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAn illustration of the Earth as seen from our planet's orbit. A hot pink, bright beam seems to be...
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...
Brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen a 1-in-10,000-years event that's 'absolutely monstrous,'...
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 revealed the infrared afterglow (circled) of the...
A gamma-ray explosion that was so bright it blinded scientists' equipment is even weirder than first...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen may have been powered by a unique jet structure, scientists...
Cosmic Scare: NASA Celebrates Halloween With 9 Vintage Horror Film Posters
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe universe is a spooky place, filled with zombie stars, invisible matter, and monster galaxies...
Weird particle physics stories that blew our minds in 2023
Space via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen as observed by the Swift X-Ray Telescope around an hour...
NASA telescope discovers mysterious hotspot of high-energy particles beyond our galaxy
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAn artist's interpretation of a gamma-ray burst.DESY, Science Communication Lab Astronomers...
Earth Hit by Gamma Ray Burst from a Blob at the Center of the Milky Way
SYFY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoPulse (streaming now on Peacock) is a 2001 techno-horror involving a mysterious electromagnetic...
Giant gamma-ray flare from 'recently deceased' magnetar lights up Cigar Galaxy
Space via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAstronomers have discovered a flare erupting from a highly magnetic "dead star" outside the solar...
How wobbling black holes explain blinking cosmic lights
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe brightest lights in the universe blink because the violent expulsions of gas from dying stars...