A mysterious cosmic explosion linked to gravitational waves may reveal a previously unknown type of supernova event - a ...

China’s Einstein Probe has detected an event suspected to be the first recorded instance of a black hole devouring a white dwarf.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The final stage of a superkilonova. (Caltech/K. Miller and R. Hurt (IPAC)) Astronomers may have discovered a never-before-seen ...

A strange flash in a distant galaxy first looked like a familiar kind of stellar wreckage, the radioactive afterglow of colliding neutron stars known as a kilonova. Then it brightened again, shifted ...

Scientists may have to rethink their playbook for studying gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful known cosmic explosions, after a blast detected in July set a new record by firing energetic jets for ...

Astronomers have spotted the longest gamma-ray burst ever seen, a cosmic explosion that lasted seven hours — and they determined it could be the work of a black hole destroying a star. Gamma-ray ...

A space explosion detected this summer burned for days on end, making it the longest and most unusual gamma-ray burst ever seen. Gamma-ray bursts are the universe’s most powerful explosions. They ...

This video zooms in on the gamma-ray burst GRB 250702B. It combines images taken with different telescopes at different times and various wavelengths. The journey begins with a wide-field view of the ...

Artist's rendition of GRB 250702B's ultra-relativistic jet (moving at nearly the speed of light) escaping from its dusty, massive host galaxy. Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel ...

Fischer et al. 2025, Astronomical Notes (left). Thilina Kaluthotage/NurPhoto via Getty Images (right). Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...

Astronomers observed a unique gamma-ray burst outside the Milky Way, repeating over a day, unlike any known star-destruction event. (Nanowerk News) Astronomers have detected an explosion of gamma rays ...