Record-breaking gamma ray burst seems to be caused by a black hole engulfed by a bloated star

On July 2, 2025, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (Fermi-GBM) captured around three hours' worth of signals that appeared ...
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A black hole fell into a star – then ate its way out again

Stars often fall into black holes, and now it seems the opposite can also occur, producing an extra long-lasting explosion as ...

Our team of physicists inadvertently generated the shortest X-ray pulses ever observed

X-ray beams aren't used just by doctors to see inside your body and tell whether you have a broken bone. More powerful beams ...