Gamma-ray bursts are the most violent explosions in the universe. In a fraction of a second, they can release more energy ...

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

For the first time, a binary black hole merger, observed in November 2024, has been linked with a short gamma-ray burst (GRB) ...

"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 ...

China’s Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), a major scientific infrastructure, has released groundbreaking results from its "Mini Survey of the Milky Way" program. With unprecedented ...

Astronomers have tracked a powerful blast of radiation back to its source, finding a neutron star collision within colliding ...

The Giuseppe and Vanna Cocconi Prize 2025 is awarded to the Fermi-LAT and Fermi-GBM collaborations for revolutionizing the field of gamma-ray astronomy. Established 15 years ago, the Giuseppe and ...

"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Workshop on Very High Energy Gamma Ray Astronomy, Durham, U.K., August 11-15, 1986"--T.p. verso. "Sponsored by the Scientific Affairs Division of NATO and the ...

Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is ...

Scientists had predicted based on theory that shrouded cosmic explosions that go unnoticed can be revealed by their light ...