Brightest gamma-ray burst of all time came from the collapse of a massive star

In 2022, astronomers discovered the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) of all time. Now, astronomers confirm that a 'normal' supernova, the telltale sign of a stellar collapse, accompanied the GRB. The ... Read More

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Feb. 22, 2024 — Astronomers have characterized a bright quasar, finding it to be not only the brightest ... the dawn of the universe, and found that it is 'eating' its host galaxy to ... Read More

'Brightest of All Time' gamma-ray burst caused by exploding star, say scientists

Northwestern University scientists said Friday they had confirmed that the cause of the brightest gamma-ray burst ever observed in October 2022 was an exploding star, known as a supernova, 2.4 billion ... Read More

A galaxy’s bright flicker turned out to be two black holes dancing in the night

Astronomers have never seen a pair of black holes quite like this one — but the universe may be filled with them. Read More

Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst of All Time Challenges Element Formation Theories

James Webb Space Telescope observations show no sign of heavy elements. In October 2022, an international team of researchers, including Northwestern University astrophysicists, observed the brightest ... Read More

Shock finding reveals no gold, platinum created by brightest-ever Supernova explosion recorded in the Universe

In fact, the books may well have to be rewritten as the brightest-ever cosmic explosion ... )(REUTERS) The source of the explosion was from a distant galaxy 2.4 billion light-years away and ... Read More

A Dead Star in a Nearby Galaxy Just Did Something Wild

Astronomers just caught a dead star in a distant galaxy throwing a massive temper tantrum. Read More

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Psychologists from Simon Fraser University (SFU) and the University of Sussex have found that people are as hesitant to reach out to an old friend as ... The universe's early galaxies were less ... Read More

Brightest gamma-ray burst of all time aids search for origin of heavy elements

Science X is a network of high quality websites with most complete and comprehensive daily coverage of the full sweep of science, technology, and medicine news ... Read More

Astronomers discover Milky Way’s biggest stellar black hole – 33 times mass of sun

BH3 spotted when scientists chanced upon star in Aquila constellation ‘wobbling’ under its gravitational force ... Read More

Galaxies become more chaotic as they age, study suggests

Until now scientists had been uncertain about what causes this, with the surrounding environment or the mass of the galaxy itself being possible reasons. When we did the analysis, we found that ... Read More

Massive Star Collapse Triggers Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever Recorded

In October 2022, an international team of researchers, including Northwestern University astrophysicists, observed the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever recorded, GRB 221009A.Now, a Northwestern-le ... Read More