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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists may have to rethink their playbook for studying gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful known cosmic explosions, after a ...

Astronomers have finally decoded the origin of a powerful seven hour signal from deep space, a blast so persistent that it ...

When space telescopes blazed with high-energy radiation for hours earlier this year, astronomers suspected that they were witnessing something special. The cosmic flash GRB 250702B was no ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have discovered a gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy that’s not only exceptionally powerful, but also long-lasting. Telescopes on Earth and in space — ...

Earlier this year, a powerful gamma-ray burst traveled through space from a very distant source in the cosmos. The explosion was traced back to the early universe, just millions of years after the Big ...

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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 ...