Detected in galaxy M82—better known as the Cigar Galaxy and one of the easiest to see with a backyard telescope at this time ...
While all neutron stars boast powerful magnetic fields, magnetars stand out with fields exceeding 10,000 times that of a ...
“We immediately realised that this was a special alert. Gamma-ray bursts come from far away and anywhere in the sky, but this ...
"Fermi is the most sensitive gamma-ray telescope in orbit, so when it doesn’t detect ... with a mass estimated to be around ...
An incredibly brief, ultrabright explosion has led astronomers to a newfound magnetic star outside the Milky Way, which could ...
While ESA's satellite INTEGRAL was observing the sky, it spotted a burst of gamma-rays -- high-energy photons -- coming from the nearby galaxy M82. Only a few hours later, ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray space ...
Astronomers just caught a dead star in a distant galaxy throwing a massive temper tantrum.
Astronomers believe they have found a rare, massive flare that erupted from an extremely magnetic dead star, or magnetar, ...
“We immediately realised that this was a special alert. Gamma-ray bursts come from far-away and anywhere in the sky, but this ...
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are intense bursts of gamma radiation, typically generating more energy in a few seconds than the sun ...
Six new recruits of the European Space Agency got to be the latest round of fully-qualified astronauts now eligible for space ...