A supernova from the early universe looks unexpectedly familiar, challenging ideas about how the first massive stars lived ...

Prof. An Tao from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed a novel ...

Scientists search for "decaying" dark matter (DDM) because it offers unique signatures like specific X-ray or gamma-ray lines ...

The longest gamma-ray burst ever observed has UNC Chapel Hill astronomers questioning the very nature of these cosmic ...

Data collected using multiple NSF NOIRLab facilities reveal a gamma-ray burst that lasted more than seven hours and ...

In a remarkable astronomical event, scientists recently detected the longest gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever recorded, an explosion that lasted an astonishing seven hours. This unprece ...

NASA observed GRB 250702B, a record-setting gamma-ray burst lasting days, likely caused by a black hole consuming a star, with data from multiple space and ground observatories.

Gamma-ray bursts (GRB) are some of the most perplexing phenomena in nature. Even though astronomers have detected about ...

Astronomers at UNC-Chapel Hill studied the longest gamma-ray burst ever recorded, uncovering new clues about a mysterious cosmic explosion that defies existing models.

A seven-hour gamma-ray burst, GRB 250702B, stuns astronomers and hints at powerful new cosmic engines still unknown to science.

Using telescopes on Earth and in space, researchers traced GRB 250702B to the constellation Scutum, near the dense, dusty plane of the Milky Way. A separate study led by Jonathan Carney of the ...

Sarah Dalessi, a fifth-year student in the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The ...