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

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

Watch an animation of a black hole shooting jets of particles through a "collapsing star at nearly the speed of light" and ...

Astronomers may have recorded the violent birth of one of the weirdest objects our Universe is capable of producing. In a bizarre gamma-ray space explosion whose light reached Earth in 2023, a team ...

Here is a thought experiment for you: imagine shining a powerful laser at the moon, the beam cutting through space until it lands on its dusty grey surface. Now flick the laser so the spot of light ...

When the SpIRIT CubeSat rode into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in December 2023, it carried a very massive passenger along. Cramped inside the shoebox-sized satellite is the HERMES detector, an ...

(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 ...