"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 ...

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic events ever observed in the universe. These powerful outbursts can shine a quintillion (10 18) times brighter than the sun. Since they were first ...

The gamma-ray burst occurred in the southern constellation ... system, which enables real-time communication with the spacecraft and helps coordinate rapid follow-up observations by other telescopes.

A mysterious gamma-ray burst has left scientists baffled, as it appears to be more powerful and unusual than anything detected before. Gamma-ray bursts are the most energetic explosions in the ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. In October 2022, spacecraft and sensors worldwide picked up what scientists are now ...

26 issue of the journal Nature. In the past four years, the team of astronomers working at the Smithsonian's Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in Arizona has observed high-energy gamma-ray bursts ...

For over a decade, a star system on the verge of unleashing a deadly gamma ray burst appeared to have its guns trained on Earth. The so-called "Death Star," which is also famed for looking like a ...

Here’s how it works. The "cosmic pinwheel" that astronomers feared could one day shower Earth with lethal gamma rays may not be as dangerous as once thought, a new study suggests. At the heart ...