The Universe isn’t always kind to life, with countless ways in which Earth could be destroyed, though some scenarios are more ...

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

It’s the greatest cosmic murder mystery of the year: How did a black hole destroy a star—and what kind of black hole is the culprit? Normally, so-called “gamma ray bursts,” sudden flashes of extremely ...

Abstract: Compact pulsed neutron generators emit fast neutrons that interact with the medium by inelastic scattering, producing characteristic gamma rays that reflect the concentrations of important ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to spot one of the most distant supernovae ever confirmed. It was linked to a powerful gamma-ray burst that flashed across the universe when ...

This artist’s concept depicts GRB 250702B (left of center) erupting within its host galaxy. Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Garlick In a universe that often follows its own rules, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) ...

Electrons just got caught in the act. For decades, scientists have known that electrons quietly dictate almost everything, including how chemical reactions unfold, how materials conduct electricity, ...

Unprecedented Seven-Hour Gamma-Ray Burst Challenges Existing Astrophysics Models According to a report published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters on November 26, 2025, Jonathan Carney, lead author ...

Astronomers have observed the longest gamma-ray burst — a powerful, extragalactic explosion that lasted more than seven hours. It was so extraordinary that several teams of scientists have been poring ...

This artist’s illustration, which shows a high-speed jet of material being launched from a source that is embedded in a very dusty galaxy, depicts GRB 250702B — the longest gamma-ray burst that ...

Everyone in tech agrees we’re in a bubble. They just can’t agree on what it looks like — or what happens when it pops. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world ...