Could the Milky Way’s most enigmatic light be the death cry of invisible matter? For over a decade, an explanation has eluded ...

"They allow us to see back to the earliest times that stars existed." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists may be a step ...

CHICAGO — More than electricity can illuminate a thundercloud. Brilliant bursts of gamma radiation, known as dark lightning or terrestrial gamma-ray flashes, also explode in lightning storms. And on ...

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are intense bursts of gamma radiation, typically generating more energy in a few seconds than the sun will produce over its ten-billion-year lifetime. These transient phenomena ...

New research shows that dark matter has a different distribution in our galaxy than previously thought, and that advances ...

The brightest explosions in the universe could be the work of ancient, dying stars. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Gamma-ray ...

Scientists believe the gamma-ray emission, which lasted over 300 seconds, is the birth cry of a black hole, formed as the core of a massive and rapidly spinning star collapses under its own weight. On ...

Ever since gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) were accidentally picked up by Cold War satellites in the 70s, the origin of these rapid bursts have been a significant puzzle. Although many astronomers agree that ...

Astronomers are trying to understand what caused a series of gamma ray bursts, or GRBs — the most powerful explosions in the universe. These energetic bursts are typically unleashed by the incendiary ...

Every time we check in on [Project326], he’s doing something different with X-rays. This week, he has a passive X-ray imager.