The Tera From Outer Space
Astronomers discover the most energetic gamma-ray burst ever witnessed. Gamma-ray bursts are the most energetic phenomenon known to humankind. Although short-lived, they outshine stars and…
Astronomers discover the most energetic gamma-ray burst ever witnessed. Gamma-ray bursts are the most energetic phenomenon known to humankind. Although short-lived, they outshine stars and…
This Hubblecast explores how the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s observations differ across different wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum, and how these observations will be complemented…
When NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launches in 2021, one of its most anticipated contributions to astronomy will be the study of exoplanets—planets orbiting distant…
First Detection of Inverse Compton Emission From Dying Gamma-Ray Burst A dying star emits intense flashes of light called a gamma-ray burst. Most days, the…
A pair of distant explosions discovered by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has produced the highest-energy light yet seen from…
Three billion years ago, Earth was a very different place. The sun that shone on its oceans and continents was not as bright as it…
NASA scientists plan to demonstrate a revolutionary technology for studying hundreds of stars and galaxies at the same time — a new capability originally created…
The center of our galaxy is a crowded place: A black hole weighing 4 million times as much as our Sun is surrounded by millions…
Second fastest spinning radio pulsar known is a gamma-ray pulsar, too. Multi-messenger observations look closely at the system and raise new questions. An international research…
A newly discovered comet has excited the astronomical community this week because it appears to have originated from outside the solar system. The object –…
Nearly 30 MIT-affiliated researchers will share in the prize, while David Jay Julius ’77 wins Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences; assistant professor of physics Max…
Over thirty years ago, the Infrared Astronomy Satellite discovered that the universe contained many extremely luminous galaxies, some more than a thousand times brighter than…
If our eyes could see high-energy radiation called gamma rays, the Moon would appear brighter than the Sun! That’s how NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope…
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) — a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration — was designed to capture images of…
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) operates a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes that are linked together. The Black Hole Cam (BHC) Team, led…
A black hole and its shadow have been captured in an image for the first time, a historic feat by an international network of radio…
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project and the National Science Foundation (NSF) will hold a press conference to announce a groundbreaking result. What: Press conference on groundbreaking result…
Astronomers found a pulsar hurtling through space at nearly 2.5 million miles an hour — so fast it could travel the distance between Earth and…