Swift is a multiwavelength space telescope that scientists are using to find out more about these mysterious gamma-ray ...
In October 2022, our telescopes caught something breathtaking – a cosmic flash brighter than anything we'd ever seen. This wasn't any average starburst; it was a gargantuan gamma-ray burst (GRB ...
In October 2022, an international team of researchers, including Northwestern University astrophysicists, observed the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever recorded, GRB 221009A. Now, a ...
Scientists may be a step closer to discovering how gamma-ray bursts come to be some of the most powerful explosions in the ...
Astronomer Frederick Walter suggests gamma-ray bursts could have exterminated extraterrestrial civilizations, potentially ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Amy Lien, University of Tampa (THE CONVERSATION) When faraway stars explode, they ...