Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are one of the greater mysteries facing astronomers today, rivaled only by gravitational waves (GWs) ...

In this series, we cover provocative questions in astronomy. This week: the mysterious extragalactic signals known as Fast ...

On March 15, 2024, a space-based observatory detected bursts of low-energy X-rays from deep in the ancient universe, ...

"The gamma-ray burst traveled through intergalactic space at the speed of light for eleven billion years, during which time the Sun and the planets were born." — Timothy Ferris, in the film ...

This gamma-ray burst has come from two billion light-years away, which means it occurred two billion years ago. Published today in the journal Nature Communications, a new paper reveals that on ...

"No model predicts anything happening this fast," Finley says. "These flares occurred much faster than any theory ... the team of astronomers working at the Smithsonian's Fred Lawrence Whipple ...

The recent detection of a cosmic explosion by the Einstein Probe is stirring excitement among space watchers everywhere.

Einstein Probe's Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT) detected a burst of low-energy X-rays. Astronomers call such X-rays "soft," ...

Follow-up observations from the Gemini-North telescope on Hawaii Island and the Very Large Telescope in Chile returned ...

Brace yourselves as we dive into the fascinating yet terrifying world of gamma ray bursts! 🌌🔭 They’re powerful, mysterious, and could change everything! #Astrophysics #CosmicEvents # ...

The Einstein Probe is revolutionizing our view of the distant X-ray universe, offering an unprecedented look at some of the ...

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