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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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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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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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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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Nuclear bombs trigger a strange 'EMP' effect that could destroy your electronics - here's how it works
EMPs are rapid, invisible bursts of electromagnetic energy. They occur in nature, most frequently d…
Dave Mosher
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Even your avocados are radioactive
In fact, as I previously wrote in an article for Symmetry magazine, even your own body produces rad…
Ali Sundermier
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There's a rumor spreading that AirPods and other wireless headphones cause cancer, but the truth is more complicated
The evidence we have so far isn't convincing. One 10-year study across 13 countries that the Intern…
Hilary Brueck
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Flying in airplanes exposes people to more radiation than standing next to a nuclear reactor - here's why
When cosmic rays strike the air, they create showers of ionizing radiation - particles that can kno…
Dave Mosher
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Astronauts Capture Stunning Photos Of Lightning From Space
Astronaut photograph ISS038-E-16781 was acquired on December 12, 2013, with a Nikon D3S digital cam…
NASA Earth Observatory
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What happens to the human body in space
Reisman: So, there is a psychological aspect to being in space, both because of the fact that you'r…
Amber Bragdon,Amber Bragdon
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The way we might protect ourselves from an exploding star could help us find alien civilizations
Ice is plentiful in space. The Kuiper Belt, on the outer edges of our solar system, is full of it. …
Kevin Loria
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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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The White House Says This Scientific Theory Explains Why They Aren't More Open To The Press
"What we strive to do in ... is to balance the desire - and it's a legitimate one - of the press co…
Colin Campbell
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NASA's deep-space nuclear-power crisis may soon end, thanks to a clever new robot in Tennessee
The neptunium-237 is formed into small pellets, put inside an aluminum sleeve, and slipped inside a…
Dave Mosher
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A forgotten war technology could safely power Earth for millions of years. Here's why we aren't using it
"The Shippingport Atomic Power Station first went critical in December 1957 and produced energy for…
Dave Mosher
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One Of America's Most Notorious Con Artists And Killers Revealed To Me The Key To Fooling People
Our meeting started awkwardly. I hadn't seen him from the front for years, and here he was on displ…