For centuries, humans have sought to study the stars and celestial bodies, whether through observations made by naked eye or ...

Considering the immense size of the universe, it's no surprise that space still holds plenty of secrets for us. Recently, ...

For the first time, scientists observed a black hole tearing apart a star far from its galaxy’s center, producing the fastest ...

Astronomers recorded the longest gamma-ray burst in history, GRB 250702B, that may be a cosmic event completely new to ...

An ultra-fast flash from the galaxy M82 reveals what may have been a rare "extragalactic magnetar giant flare." ...

Gamma-ray burst, GRB 250702B, lasting for a record-breaking seven hours, stunned researchers Researchers have discovered a ...

Astronomers have just detected the brightest cosmic flash ever recorded—an ultra-powerful radio burst from deep space that’s ...

A rare and vivid atmospheric event has been captured from orbit, offering scientists new insight into how lightning behaves ...

In May 1964, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson were testing how radio waves bounced off balloon satellites developed by Bell ...

Fast radio bursts are among the most energetic phenomena in the universe, releasing as much energy in milliseconds as the sun produces in days. Since their discovery more than a decade ago, ...

Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to ...

(CNN) — Astronomers are trying to understand what caused a series of gamma ray bursts, or GRBs — the most powerful explosions in the universe. These energetic bursts are typically unleashed by the ...