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ScienceAlert on MSNDying Star's Strangled Jets Solve 50-Year-Old X-Ray MysteryA new study of a star undergoing the throes of a supernova death has revealed that bursts of X-radiation known as fast-X-ray ...
This Powerful Gamma-Ray Blast Was the ‘Brightest of All Time’ Astronomers are “in awe” of the high-energy explosion, probably caused by a giant star’s death ...
Dubbed the "brightest of all time," or the BOAT, a gamma-ray burst detected in 2022 continues to astound astronomers, revealing severe effects in Earth's atmosphere.
A once-in-a-civilization burst of gamma rays set off an observing spree by more than 160 telescopes. It’s forcing scientists to revisit long-held theories—and it’s not done yet.
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India Today on MSNThis blast outside Solar System was so powerful Earth's atmosphere vibratedThe burst was so bright that it bounced off the Moon and illuminated Earth’s upper atmosphere, surpassing the brightness of a ...
Scientists traced a high-energy blast of radiation - called a gamma-ray burst - to the merger of two neutron stars and an explosion called a kilanova that resulted from the cosmic collision.
For the first time, scientists have caught lightning in the act of unleashing a powerful burst of gamma radiation known as a terrestrial gamma-ray flash (TGF). Researchers at the University of ...
Late last year, scientists spotted a 50-second-long blast of energy coming towards Earth, known as a gamma-ray burst or GRB, which are the most powerful explosions in the universe.
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Scientists Just Witnessed Two Lightning Bolts Collide and Unleash a Blast of Radiation - MSNAn invisible blast of radiation a million times more energetic than a lightning discharge is unleashed in the form of gamma rays, before disappearing almost as quickly as it came.
A long gamma ray burst, one of the most powerful phenomena known, was traced back to a rare kilonova, leaving astrophysicists baffled. Epic Cosmic Blast Is Unlike Anything Astronomers Have Seen ...
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