Astronomers have discovered a new cosmic explosion: a gamma-ray burst and its associated supernova. Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most powerful ...
... the distance to the burst. These afterglow measurements were used to determine a cosmic distance record in 2009 for an earlier gamma ... -- a 99.3-percent chance -- to be the most distant cosmic explosion, beyond the record set by GRB ...
A star caused a cosmic explosion before dying—it lasted seven hours and is considered the longest GRB ever recorded.
Astronomers can predict explosions on a neutron star like on a timer.
... to help astrophysicists learn more about the star crushing (or merging?) explosions that create gamma ray bursts ...
... detailed, real-time data on the most energetic explosions and flare-ups the cosmos has to offer.You may think ...
Cosmic explosions known as gamma-ray bursts are curiously picky about where they explode. Shunning spiral ...
Adam Goldstein's first day on the job tending the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) instrument on NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was a doozy. A graduate physics student at The University of ...
While waiting for high-energy outbursts and cosmic explosions, NASA's Swift Gamma-ray Explorer satellite is monitoring Comet Lulin as it closes ...
... , or less than five percent of its present age. The event, dubbed GRB 090423, is the most distant cosmic explosion ever seen ...
'Dark' gamma-ray bursts hidden behind dust, reveal star formation.
... innovative sky survey has begun returning images that will be used to detect unprecedented numbers of powerful cosmic explosions-called supernovae-in distant galaxies ...
... break from its usual task of searching for distant cosmic explosions, NASA's Swift satellite has acquired ... -ray bursts -- massive, far-off explosions likely associated with the births of black holes ...
Astronomers have spotted a new type of extremely bright cosmic explosion they think originates from an exceptionally massive star.
Scientists have found evidence that magnetic fields are a key to the source of the universe's brightest explosions - gamma ray bursts.
