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13 wrz 2024 · Hundreds of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been recorded as part of an enormous global effort so extensive it 'rivals the catalog of deep-sky objects created by Messier 250 years ago',...
19 gru 2023 · A 2022 gamma ray burst, the brightest ever detected, may provide a clue on the existence of axion-like particles, one of the possible explanations for dark matter, according to researchers from...
23 wrz 2024 · Astronomers have cataloged a stunning treasure trove of over 500 of the universe's most powerful explosions. These so-called gamma-ray bursts, or GRBs, are so energetic that if just one...
16 kwi 2024 · When its light washed over Earth on Oct. 9, 2022, the B.O.A.T. was so bright that it saturated most of the world’s gamma-ray detectors. The powerful explosion occurred approximately 2 billion light-years away from Earth, in the direction of the constellation Sagitta and lasted a few hundred seconds in duration.
14 lis 2023 · The artistic impression depicts the effect of a powerful blast of gamma rays that provoked a significant disturbance in our planet’s ionosphere. This is the result of a gamma-ray burst (GRB) from a star’s supernova explosion, in a galaxy almost two billion light-years away.
29 mar 2023 · Scientists analyse brightest gamma ray burst ever detected. XMM-Newton images recorded 20 dust rings, 19 of which are shown here in arbitrary colours. The image merges observations made two...
7 gru 2022 · A classic short gamma-ray burst begins with two orbiting neutron stars, the crushed remnants of massive stars that exploded as supernovae. As the stars circle ever closer, they strip neutron-rich material from each other.
