A powerful blast of gamma-rays that may have been the most powerful cosmic explosion since the Big Bang caused significant disturbance around Earth when it struck our planet, new research finds.

The brightest gamma-ray explosion ever caught on record, which was so bright it blinded scientific instruments, just got weirder. GRB 221009, first spotted in October 2022, outshone other cosmic ...

A massive space explosion has created the basic elements needed to form life, astornomers say who saw the second-brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever observed which revealed a new light on how ...

T Coronae Borealis is a 'dead star,' but is set to explode in grand fashion. Will you be able to see it happen? Here's what ...

Satellites captured images of how the gamma blast lit up dust rings in space Scientists have revealed how Nasa satellites detected the brightest gamma ray explosion in space. The gamma-ray burst ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. A massive burst of gamma rays produced by the explosion of a star almost two billion light-years away was so powerful that it ...

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one of JWST's instruments was able to see there had indeed been a supernova explosion. But it had not been nearly as powerful as they expected. So why then had the burst of gamma rays been off the ...

to gamma- and x-ray telescopes for a few months, and to radio telescopes for years to come." Scientists will know when it the explosion happens, thanks to the current technology that's available.

The radiation probably came from a supernova explosion — a dying star collapsing into a black hole. It could be decades before another gamma-ray burst this bright appears again. "It's a very ...

Space.com stated that "the event will be visible to the unaided eye only for the first few days, to gamma- and x-ray telescopes for a few months, and to radio telescopes for years to come." Scientists ...