Astronomers have traced a mysterious blast of X-rays to a star that, like a cosmic action hero, just refused to die.

FXTs are failed gamma-ray bursts, the last signals from dying stars. A decades-long mystery now reveals stellar death is more ...

The burst was so bright that it bounced off the Moon and illuminated Earth’s upper atmosphere, surpassing the brightness of a ...

In October 2022, a blast of light from deep space outshone anything humanity has ever witnessed. The gamma-ray burst, later named “The BOAT,” unleashed more energy in seconds than our sun will emit in ...

Two international teams zoned in on a potential answer to a decades-long mystery surrounding ephemeral cosmic X-rays.

A new study of a star undergoing the throes of a supernova death has revealed that bursts of X-radiation known as fast-X-ray ...

A sobering new simulation illustrates how a nuclear explosion would brutally impact the human body, shedding light on both ...

For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the centuries-old remains of ...

The gamma rays ionised Earth’s upper atmosphere, briefly expanding the ionosphere and demonstrating the direct impact such distant cosmic phenomena can have on our planet. What Are Magnetars?

Using a combination of telescopes, including the International Gemini Observatory, funded in part by the U.S. National ...

A new IAEA coordinated research project ( CRP D12015) will apply gamma-ray spectrometry and digital technologies such as drones, satellite imagery and advanced analytics for precise soil assessment to ...