Gamma rays can only be detected by sensors made of dense metals and takes over six feet (1.8 meters) of concrete to block.

Watch an animation of a black hole shooting jets of particles through a "collapsing star at nearly the speed of light" and ...

Using a combination of telescopes, astronomers have characterized the closest supernova linked to a fast X-ray transient. The ...

Gamma rays are the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation. In just a few seconds, a gamma-ray burst blasts out the same amount of energy that the Sun will radiate throughout its entire life.

"The gamma-ray burst traveled through intergalactic space at the speed of light for eleven billion years, during which time the Sun and the planets were born." — Timothy Ferris, in the film ...

These massive releases of energy are rivaled by few in terms of sheer ferocity. In just a few seconds, a gamma-ray burst releases more energy than our sun is capable of generating in the entirety of ...

We are also creating a table of the past gamma-ray bursts and the observations of the ozone layer and trying to see if they match,” he said. Nature Communications, 2023. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023 ...

Gamma-ray bursts are the brightest explosions the cosmos has to offer, besides the Big Bang—the explosion that happened 13.77 billion years ago that marks the beginning of time. The BOAT was ...

A huge surge of gamma-ray energy from space caused electric currents to flow through the surface of the Earth on October 9, scientists have said.. This gamma-ray burst, named GRB221009A, is the ...

A gamma ray burst — possibly the brightest of all time — sweeps over Earth The explosion, dubbed GRB 221009A, came just as astronomers were gathering at a symposium on gamma-ray astrophysics ...

Gamma ray bursts are detected roughly once a month, Mereghetti says, but only three magnetar giant flares have been spotted from within the 100 billion stars within the Milky Way in the last 50 years.

This gamma ray conversion, astrophysicist Tim Linden said, probably takes place 100 to 1,000 kilometers below the sun’s surface, where the magnetic field is strong enough to turn the cosmic rays ...