NASA’s Fermi Mission Sees No Gamma Rays from Nearby Supernova

A nearby supernova in 2023 offered astrophysicists an excellent opportunity to test ideas about how these types of explosions boost particles, called cosmic rays, to near light-speed. But surprisingly ... Read More

Citizen science project classifying gamma-ray bursts

When faraway stars explode, they send out flashes of energy called gamma-ray bursts that are bright enough that telescopes back on Earth can detect them. Studying these pulses, which can also come ... 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

Exploding stars send out powerful bursts of energy − I’m leading a citizen scientist project to classify and learn about these bright flashes

Amy Lien receives funding from the NASA Citizen Science Seed Funding Program. When faraway stars explode, they send out flashes ... Earth’s atmosphere blocks most gamma rays from space, but ... Read More

Environmental Science News

Apr. 17, 2024 — The warming climate shifts the dynamics of tundra environments and makes them release trapped carbon, according to a new study published in Nature. These changes could transform ... Read More

NASA pics capture mysterious ‘surfboard’ orbiting the moon: ‘Exquisite timing’

Is it a bird, is it a plane, is it Superman? NASA photographed a sliver of a mysterious, surfboard-shaped object near the surface of the moon last month, images released by the space agenc y on ... Read More

A NASA telescope unlocked the mysteries of black holes. Now it's on the chopping block.

"NASA has to balance investments in future missions against some of our larger missions in extended science ... gamma rays, X-rays, optical and infrared light. "This is a big deal because it's ... Read More

James Webb telescope identifies origins of biggest explosion 'BOAT'

including Nasa's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and the Neil Gehrels swift observatory, the burst emanated as an intensely luminous flash of high-energy gamma rays, followed by a diminishing ... Read More

Space and Astronomy

That could be good news for the fate of the universe ... the motions of stars just beyond the solar system. But that’s made it harder to predict Earth’s future and reconstruct its past. Read More

Nasa's comprehensive guide to view April solar eclipse from anywhere: How and where to watch

and an inside look at Nasa’s eclipse science experiments and watch parties across the country. Nasa’s broadcast will last three hours and feature live locations from across the nation ... Read More

A “slow bleed” of funding threatens NASA’s science flagships

The Chandra X-Ray Observatory ... as NASA deals with overall spending reductions. Credit: NASA/CXC & J. VAUGHAN Budgets are tight at NASA, especially for its science programs. NASA’s Science ... Read More

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