A flash of light that likely signaled the birth of a black hole was so bright it briefly blinded a NASA telescope—even though the light came from five billion light-years away. From its orbit around ...

"If this is a massive star, it is a collapse unlike anything we have ever witnessed before." Astronomers have spotted a cosmic explosion of high-energy gamma-rays unlike any ever seen before. The ...

The brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded recently lit up a distant galaxy — and astronomers have nicknamed it the BOAT, for Brightest of All Time. “We use the boat emoji a lot when we’re talking ...

Lightning storms produce powerful flashes of gamma rays, and now we may know why, after researchers captured one using cameras across multiple wavelengths. Gamma rays are normally seen coming from ...

Gamma-ray spectroscopy is a pivotal technique in nuclear science, industry and astrophysics, enabling the precise determination of gamma-ray energies emitted from radioactive sources. Recent advances ...