By analyzing the data from various space observatories and ground-based telescopes, European astronomers have performed a ...

An international team from China and Italy has reported a possible cosmic encore to the landmark 2017 multi-messenger ...

Earlier this year, it was reported that Earth was hit by the brightest gamma-ray bursts seen since the dawn of civilization. Now, a team of astronomers has assigned a value to the energy contained in ...

The KM3NeT collaboration has traced the most energetic neutrino ever recorded back to a likely source: blazars, the supercharged jets fired by supermassive black holes directly toward Earth. The ...

In November 2024, gravitational-wave detectors recorded the violent merger of two black holes billions ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

When stars die out, they emit gamma-ray bursts. Although scientist can calculate the explosion energy from dying stars, it is difficult to do when the conversion efficiency is low or unknown. Using ...

Gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful explosions in the universe. They emit most of their energy in gamma rays, light which is much more energetic than the visible light we can see with our eyes. In ...

Gamma-ray bursts are the most luminous explosions in the universe, allowing astrologists to observe intense gamma rays in short durations. Gamma-ray bursts are classified as either short or long, with ...