gamma-ray burst

Some orphan gamma-ray bursts actually live in tiny faint galaxies

Don’t you hate it when colliding neutron stars outshine their tiny dim host galaxies?

By Phil Plait | 

5 months ago

One of the Universe’s most powerful explosions tried to disguise itself

Terrifying gamma-ray burst looked like a different kind of terrifying gamma-ray burst.

By Phil Plait | 

6 months ago

Wait... was that a ginormous burst of cosmic energy or just space junk?

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

1 year ago

The birth of a little black hole may have revealed a much bigger black hole

By Phil Plait | 

1 year ago

The Midnight Sky's apocalyptic disaster has us wondering: What cosmic threats are out there?

By Cassidy Ward | 

2 years ago

Did astronomers just witness the explosive birth of a magnetar?

By Phil Plait | 

2 years ago

Astronomers nab the farthest visible explosion from a neutron star collision ever seen

By Phil Plait | 

2 years ago

Two gamma-ray bursts emit highest energy photons ever seen from GRBs

By Phil Plait | 

3 years ago

When the first stars in the Universe exploded, they *really* exploded

By Phil Plait | 

3 years ago

Is this cosmic sprinkler surrounding galaxy’s next gamma-ray burst?

By Phil Plait | 

4 years ago