Gamma-ray bursts are the brightest explosions in the cosmos, emitting intense gamma rays for brief periods of time. These bursts are categorized as either short…
Scientists determine that a gamma-ray burst detected on Earth was caused by a space explosion that happened when the universe was less than 900 million…
By using radio telescopes from across Europe and America, an international team of astronomers has been able to see into the heart of an exploding…
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope revealed a new type of stellar explosion called a kilonova. Kilonovas are about 1,000 times brighter than a nova, but they…
One hundred and seventy years ago, astronomers thought that a series of explosions on the surface of Eta Carinae (η Carinae) were the beginning of…