Astronomers recorded the longest gamma-ray burst in history, GRB 250702B, that may be a cosmic event completely new to ...

Considering the immense size of the universe, it's no surprise that space still holds plenty of secrets for us. Recently, ...

Gamma-ray burst, GRB 250702B, lasting for a record-breaking seven hours, stunned researchers Researchers have discovered a ...

Clinical trials have begun on a promising drug designed to remove radioactive particles from the body. Here’s how it works. A gas mask hangs in Pripyat Elementary School #3, Ukraine. The entire city ...

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

When space telescopes blazed with high-energy radiation for hours earlier this year, astronomers suspected that they were ...

Watch an animation of a black hole shooting jets of particles through a "collapsing star at nearly the speed of light" and emit "x-rays and gamma rays (magenta)," according to NASA's Goddard Space ...

An ultra-fast flash from the galaxy M82 reveals what may have been a rare "extragalactic magnetar giant flare." ...

It’s an astronomical version of the tortoise and the hare, with the longest GRB ever recorded releasing more energy than the ...

Astronomers have detected the first “heartbeat” of a newborn star within a cosmic explosion, revealing a rapidly spinning magnetar and reshaping the understanding of gamma-ray bursts.

Happy Friday! This week’s Radio Ink Blast From The Past comes from RC Woolfenden of his dad, “Cousin Ray,” in the studios of WSHB in Raeford, NC, back in 1967. We love sharing your broadcast memories ...

Gamma-ray bursts are usually caused by the death of a giant star, but they're typically singular events. This one is unlike any other in 50 years of gamma-ray burst (GRB) observations, according to ...