GREENBELT, Md. — Astronomers combining data from NASA’s Swift satellite, the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii, and other facilities have, for the first time, identified gas molecules in the host ...
Astronomers just caught a dead star in a distant galaxy throwing a massive temper tantrum. A magnetar in galaxy M82 recently sent a huge burst of gamma rays and other radiation blasting out into space ...
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One star, multiple deaths? Mysterious gamma-ray burst that keeps repeating stumps scientists
A new study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters talks about the discovery of mysterious gamma rays that scientists are struggling to explain. Typically, such bursts happen when a star dies.
NASA supercomputer simulations reveal X-ray and gamma-ray signals emitted in the final milliseconds before neutron star mergers, providing insights for future observatories and gravitational-wave ...
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