"The gamma-ray burst traveled through intergalactic space at the speed of light for eleven billion years, during which time the Sun and the planets were born." — Timothy Ferris, in the film ...

This gamma-ray burst has come from two billion light-years ... the first capable of simultaneously observing objects in gamma rays, X-rays and visible light. Launched in October 2002, it studies ...

An international team of astronomers has observed extremely rapid bursts of high-energy gamma rays from a distant galaxy ... a level that is hundreds of billions of times greater than visible light.

A new study reports that, along with visible light emissions, thunderclouds can produce intense bursts of gamma rays, the ...

Brave New World is about to hit cinemas, bringing with it the gamma-ray-powered Red Hulk. Here's what you need to know about ...

Astronomers are trying to understand a mysterious cosmic explosion that the Einstein Probe spacecraft spotted in April last year.

On March 15, 2024, a space-based observatory detected bursts of low-energy X-rays from deep in the ancient universe, fluctuating in brightness for over 17 minutes before fading away. About an hour ...

Now, this same black hole is once again captivating scientists with an extraordinary gamma-ray flare that’s emitted photons hundreds of billions of times more powerful than visible light.

A neutrino telescope, therefore, is a giant exercise in statistics. Observe lots of atoms for a long time and sooner or later ...

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The burst was linked to GRB 240315C, a gamma-ray burst, but its characteristics—like a 6-minute delay between X-rays and gamma rays—challenge existing theories of GRB formation. Weimin Yuan, ...

An illustration shows a gamma-ray burst erupting from a dying massive star. (Image credit: Robert Lea (created by Canva)) First detected in 1967, gamma-ray bursts may be much more familiar to ...