When faraway stars explode, they send out flashes of energy called gamma-ray bursts that are bright enough that telescopes ...
Where specialized algorithms fail to classify star-borne pulses, human volunteers with just a little training can step in.
After a journey lasting about two billion years, photons from an extremely energetic gamma-ray burst (GRB) struck the sensors ...
"This was an event that Earth sees only once every 10,000 years," said Northwestern University astrophysicist Peter Blanchard ...
Northwestern University scientists said Friday they had confirmed that the cause of the brightest gamma-ray burst ever ...
The baby black hole would produce jets of highly energetic particles moving near the speed of light, powerful enough to ...
The gamma-ray burst blinded gamma-ray telescopes on Earth and shook the upper parts of our planet’s atmosphere.
Recordings of the largest gamma-radiation burst ever have revealed a shocking secret that astronomers are still baffled by.
James Webb Space Telescope observations show no sign of heavy elements. In October 2022, an international team of researchers ...
An enormous burst of gamma rays from 2.4 billion light-years away that struck Earth last year has been revealed to be caused ...
In October 2022, an international team of researchers, including Northwestern University astrophysicists, observed the ...
Burst Chaser' volunteers identify pulse structures to help uncover the mysterious origins behind gamma-ray bursts.