Swift is a multiwavelength space telescope that scientists are using to find out more about these mysterious gamma-ray ...

Scientists may be a step closer to discovering how gamma-ray bursts come to be some of the most powerful explosions in the ...

Astronomers just caught a dead star in a distant galaxy throwing a massive temper tantrum.

In a unique cosmic event, scientists have detected a burst of gamma rays originating from a rare magnetar in the nearby ...

While ESA's satellite INTEGRAL was observing the sky, it spotted a burst of gamma-rays -- high-energy photons -- coming from the nearby galaxy M82. Only a few hours later, ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray space ...

Amy Lien, University of Tampa (THE CONVERSATION) When faraway stars explode, they send out flashes of energy called gamma-ray bursts that are bright enough that telescopes back on Earth can detect ...