Australia's SpIRIT nanosatellite has snapped its first "selfie" from space, marking a successful start to its mission.

It's a celestial event that has astronomers both excited and puzzled. Dan Smith has the story of how a gamma-ray burst across ...

Researchers have detected a gamma-ray burst outside of the Milky Way that's unlike any previously observed. There's no ...

In a bizarre gamma-ray space explosion whose light reached Earth in 2023, a team led by astronomer Run-Chao Chen of Nanjing ...

13 billion light years away. The burst, dubbed GRB 090423, was detected by NASA’s Swift satellite the burst’s origin. Data from Swift’s Ultraviolet/Optical (blue, green) and X-Ray (orange and red) ...

Astronomers have spotted a cosmic explosion of high-energy gamma-rays unlike any ever seen before. The gamma-ray burst (GRB) designated GRB 250702B set itself apart from other explosive bursts of ...

Astronomers have recently found a remarkable cosmic event that challenges the current understanding of high-energy explosions. A powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB) called “GRB 250702B” has acted in ways ...

Could black holes help explain the origins of high-energy cosmic radiation? The universe is filled with many forms of ...

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast SDF Number 292 Issued at 2200Z on 19 Oct 2023 Chandra X-ray Observatory X_Ray View Of The Galactic Center Want the latest space news?

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A nimble new NASA space observatory will attempt to solve one of astronomy's most elusive mysteries: the source of brief, massive cosmic explosions whose might is exceeded by only the theorized big ...