On March 15, 2024, a space-based observatory detected bursts of low-energy X-rays from deep in the ancient universe, ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are one of the greater mysteries facing astronomers today, rivaled only by gravitational waves (GWs) and gamma-ray bursts ... which are visible from up to 100,000 light ...

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Astronomers call such X-rays "soft," even though they are still far more energetic than visible or ultraviolet ... was consistent with a typical gamma-ray burst (GRB). GRBs are extremely powerful ...

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, ...