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A gamma-ray explosion that was so bright it blinded scientists' equipment is even weirder than first thought
The brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen may have been powered by a unique jet structure, scientists…
Marianne Guenot
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The solar system was hit with a gamma-ray burst so bright, it blinded scientists' equipment in space
One astronomer dubbed the high-intensity beam of radiation the BOAT: the Brightest of All Time.
Chris Panella,Jessica Orwig
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Fast radio bursts were once thought to be alien broadcasts. New research suggests the mysterious signals come from dead stars.
Magnetars are the super dense remains of dead stars. Their explosions of X-rays and gamma rays some…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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An explosion 4 billion light years from Earth released more energy than the Sun can generate in its entire lifespan
Four billion light years away from Earth, there was an explosion so big that it generated more en…
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A new simulation reveals what dark matter might look like if we could see it: massive halos surrounding every galaxy in the universe
A new simulation shows that dark matter haloes look the same, whether Earth-sized or many billions …
Susie Neilson
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The Moon is shining brighter than the Sun — and that is dangerous
The Moon shines because it reflects light from the Sun — but what if it actually shone brighter t…
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An Australian mining company lost a radioactive device that emits high levels of radiation equal to receiving 10 X-rays in an hour and can cause skin burns and cancer: report
An Australian mining company reportedly lost radioactive material along the country's Great Norther…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Astronomers Spot The Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever Seen But Can't Explain It
"The really cool thing about this GRB is that because the exploding matter was traveling at [nearly…
Denise Chow
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Gamma-Ray Burst May Have Blasted Earth In The 8th Century
"But even thousands of light years away, a similar event today could cause havoc with the sensitive…
Agence France Presse
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Scientists Are Closer Than Ever To Solving A 100-Year-Old Mystery About Cosmic Rays
The origin of cosmic rays, and what could be accelerating the particles in them, has been a mystery…
Dina Spector
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NASA telescope discovers mysterious hotspot of high-energy particles beyond our galaxy
Gamma rays and ultra-high-energy cosmic rays are filling a huge area of the sky. An astronomer call…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Nasa astronomers says signal coming from outside our galaxy is 'unexpected and as yet unexplained'
Astronomers who were looking into the creation of the universe detected an alternative signal using…
Polly Thompson
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Neutron star collision can annihilate Earth’s ozone layer, leaving it devoid of life for thousands of years
Very recently, a team of scientists decided to explore the hypothetical possibility of such a kilon…
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NASA's James Webb telescope spotted two stars crashing into each other so violently it could have created gold in space
The James Webb Space Telescope detected a cosmic phenomenon known as a kilonova, which can create g…
Marianne Guenot
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Inflation within tolerance band; govt taking steps to check price rise: Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the inflation has come down within the toleranc…
PTI
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NASA telescope images reveal brightest explosion ever recorded, as a star collapses into a black hole
Astronomers think the powerful gamma-ray burst comes from a supernova: the collapse of a dying star…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Bavarian boars may be radioactive because of truffles contaminated by nuclear weapon testing decades ago
Radioactive Bavarian boars eat truffles contaminated by fallout from both Chernobyl and nuclear wea…
Jenny McGrath
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Iceland scientists want to drill a hole straight into a reservoir of molten magma about a mile underground. It could generate limitless energy.
This will be the first time a group purposefully drills into a magma chamber, the pool of molten ro…
Marianne Guenot
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How to build a cheap DIY underground bunker to protect you from nuclear fallout, in 6 steps
This cheap DIY underground bunker could help you survive nuclear fallout if an attack is imminent. …
Adam Barnes
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India is launching its first Night Sky Sanctuary in Ladakh to boost Astro tourism
One of India’s most attractive tourist attractions, Ladakh is closer to bringing the country’s firs…