Astronomers are trying to understand what caused a series of gamma ray bursts, or GRBs — the most powerful explosions in the universe. These energetic bursts are typically unleashed by the incendiary ...

A giant explosion that lit up the sky didn't just rock the cosmos – it absolutely rattled our understanding of the Universe's most powerful outbursts. The gamma-ray burst (GRB) recorded on 2 July 2025 ...

"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 version of ...

Watch an animation of a black hole shooting jets of particles through a "collapsing star at nearly the speed of light" and ...

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Down here at the bottom of our ocean of air, it’s easy to get complacent about the hazards our universe presents. We feel safe from the dangers of the vacuum of space, where radiation sizzles and ...

An Italian team of astronomers has observed the afterglow of a Gamma-Ray Burst that is the farthest known ever. With a measured redshift of 6.3, the light from this very remote astronomical source has ...

The curious minds at What If imagine a gamma-ray burst hitting a black hole, exploring the physics, cosmic effects, and ...

Energetic gamma-ray bursts typically last milliseconds to minutes, but in this case, the signal repeated three times over 24 hours, making them aggregately 100 to 1,000 times longer than most single ...