Gamma ray burst

Astronomers have spotted a strange blast of gamma radiation from space that defies categorisation, and it may mean a gap in our understanding of how black holes form

New observations of the gamma-ray burst GRB 190114C collected by NASA and the ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope are helping astrophysicists better understand its nature and origins. Like most gamma-ray…

Groundbreaking new research suggests gamma-ray bursts are caused by a star's collapsing magnetic field.

The first large-scale numerical simulation of black hole-neutron star merger matches puzzling observations. In 2022, scientists from Northwestern University presented novel observational data indicating that long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) might originate from the collision of a neutron star with anot

From the farthest-known galaxy in the observable universe comes the brightest and most energetic of events: a possible gamma-ray burst.

An analysis of gravitational waves from the first black hole merger ever detected has recorded tones which the researchers described as 'ringing' predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity.