12:17, Wed, Jul 19, 2023 Updated: 13:33, Wed, Jul 19, 2023 A NASA satellite has detected a gamma-ray burst — an explosive release from a dying massive star — that is the brightest and maybe the most ...

A cosmic explosion that lasted seven hours: this is the unusual spectacle recently observed by astronomers. Named GRB 250702B ...

It's been just over a year since scientists revealed they had seen the brightest gamma ray burst ever recorded – an event known as GRB 221009A. Now, scientists say the 'brightest of all time' (or BOAT ...

NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope may have provided the first direct evidence of dark matter, allowing the invisible substance to be “seen” for the first time, new research claimed Wednesday.

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are among the most powerful explosions in the universe, second only to the Big Bang. The majority of ...

Astronomers announced earlier this month that they recorded the largest explosion in the universe and a new study has identified driving factors behind it and other gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). A team led ...

Gamma-rays bursts are just one of the many threats lurking in the depths of space. From killer asteroid impacts to supernova eruptions, Earth is ill-equipped to protect humanity from these cosmic ...

Egon Spengler of the Ghostbusters using fictional proton collider weapon which creates a charged particle beam of protons. Columbia Pictures Scientists from the University of Maryland Joint Quantum ...

The full sky is seen in the map from the Fermi telescope; gamma-ray sources abound along the galactic plane (central bar) but are scattered throughout the cosmos The Fermi space telescope has yielded ...

A space telescope has accidentally spotted thunderstorms on Earth producing beams of antimatter. Such storms have long been known to give rise to fleeting sparks of light called terrestrial gamma-ray ...