One of those detections was EP240408a, an unusual blast that lit up discussions between astronomers. Zhang and his colleagues ...

Carnegie Mellon University researchers led a study that concluded a shredded star launched a powerful burst of energy toward the Earth.

Gamma ray bursts are the most energetic events in the universe. What if one hit Earth?

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The highly energetic explosion was initially attributed to a burst of gamma rays emitted either by the collision of two neutron stars or from the death of a massive star. Soon, however ...

A blast of radio waves from the outskirts of an ancient galaxy challenges theories about what creates such bursts.

Credit: Alex Cherney/CSIRO Researchers have successfully tested a new technology that detects fast radio bursts in the night sky faster than ever before, uncovering a treasure trove of data to ...

Researchers have successfully tested a new technology that detects fast radio bursts in the night sky faster than ever before, uncovering a treasure trove of data to help astronomers investigate the ...

An Australian team has developed CRACO, an innovative radio system that detects cosmic flashes and pulses of energy in real ...

An illustration shows a gamma-ray burst erupting from a dying massive star. (Image credit: Robert Lea (created by Canva)) First detected in 1967, gamma-ray bursts may be much more familiar to ...

New research indicates that matter ejected during the supernova death of a star can fall back to neutrons stars, giving rise ...

Lineages involved in transmission bursts of HIV contribute to nearly three times more future transmission events than those not involved in bursts. Adolescents, gender minorities, and those with ...