Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic events ever observed in the universe. These powerful outbursts can shine a ...

NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope "detected none of the high-energy gamma-ray light" from a nearby supernova. NASA ...

And it did so right in the middle of an odd sort of telescope that was partway through construction. In a paper published in ...

The origin and the central engine of GRBs have long been pending for identification. Now a joint observation by LEIA and ...

Gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful kinds of explosions known in the cosmos, may help provide a piece of the puzzle when it ...

A herd of African elephants instinctively formed an "alert circle" to protect the younger elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park as a 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southern California on Monday.

Astronomers have long been puzzled by two strange phenomena at the heart of our galaxy. First, the gas in the central ...

"Magnetar birth rates and formation scenarios are among the most pressing questions in high-energy astrophysics." ...

Astronomers have tracked a mysterious magnetar, SGR 0501+4516, across the Milky Way, revealing it may not have formed in a ...

Autism rates have risen since 2020, and those with autism emphasize it's important not to stigmatize the disorder when trying ...

A team behind the rescue of two lunar satellites left stranded by a launch anomaly have revealed the challenges they faced in ...

A new paper provides scientists with a groundbreaking tool for understanding cataclysmic events. Physicist Glennys Farrar has ...