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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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India’s places its first robotic telescope in one of the world’s highest astronomical observatories
But, essentially, the telescope has the potential to capture any event that has an electroma…
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A 'mind-boggling' telescope observation has revealed the point of no return for our galaxy's monster black hole
On big scales, it's a window into the history and evolution of the Milky Way galaxy, which rotates …
Dave Mosher
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A groundbreaking first in astronomy found that black holes can be spotted with backyard telescopes
"The observations made on this target were immediately exciting," Bill Goff, who is a member of the…
Jessica Orwig
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How scientists use a giant telescope in Antarctica to study the strangest particle in the universe
Their discovery was a testament to extreme science. Not only did the researchers make a remarkable …
Jessica Orwig
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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 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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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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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…
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31 Nobel Prize winners had ties to the Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer isn't on the list.
The Manhattan Project employed hundreds of thousands of people, including at least 31 Nobel Prize w…
Jenny McGrath
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Scientists detected the brightest light in the universe for the first time, following a mysterious explosion in space
"It turns out we were missing approximately half of their energy budget until now," Konstancja Sata…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA scientists created 21 new constellations for the invisible night sky - including Albert Einstein, Godzilla, and Starship Enterprise
What we see is only a rainbow of visible light: a limited slice of the electromagnetic spectrum, an…