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Gold doesn’t fall out of the sky – but it’s created in the heavens

June 18, 2015

Research based on recent observations of a nearby gamma-ray burst, GRB 130603B, help explain how gold, silver and other heavy ...

Light from huge explosion 12 billion years ago reaches Earth

by Mihai Andrei

June 7, 2014

Intense light from a huge explosion (a gamma ray burst) that took place shortly after the birth of the Universe ...

In a Rainbow Universe, time may have no beginning

by Mihai Andrei

January 6, 2014

It's one of the most alluring but hard to prove (and unlikely) theories: a Rainbow Universe. A Universe in which ...

An artist’s conception of the processes by which a star collapses and becomes a black hole, releasing high-energy gamma rays and X-rays, as well as visible light, in the process (credit: NASA)

Armada of instruments witness the brightest cosmic event of the century: the birth of a black hole

by Tibi Puiu

January 6, 2014

An artist’s conception of the processes by which a star collapses and becomes a black hole, ...

Earth was hit by a massive gamma-ray burst in the 8th century

by Tibi Puiu

January 21, 2013

The most powerful explosion in the Universe - a gamma-ray burst- might have hit Earth during the middle ages. Luckily ...

Most powerful stars are actually vampire binary systems. The weaker feeds on the stronger

by Tibi Puiu

July 27, 2012

A new research has found that the massively powerful O-type stars, which can be up to 90 times more powerful ...

Multiwavelength X-ray / infrared image of SN 1572 or Tycho's Nova, the remnant of a Type Ia supernova (NASA/CXC/JPL-Caltech/Calar Alto O. Krause et al.)

Astronomers paint a clearer picture of how supernovae are born

by Tibi Puiu

March 21, 2012

Supernovae are one of the most energetic and brightest events in the cosmos, often so powerful they outshine whole galaxies. ...

Fermi Space Telescope's map of gamma-ray emissions discovered so far. Nearly 600, a third of the total number of confirmed gamma-rays, have an untraceable origin.

One third of the discovered gamma rays so far have unknown sources

by Tibi Puiu

February 9, 2012

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Gamma-ray bursts might cause mass extinction on Earth

by Tibi Puiu

October 10, 2011

Most of us tend to believe the Earth is a safe ...

Artist impression of a star getting ripped by a supermassive black hole. (c) Mark A. Garlick, University of Warwick

Intense Gamma Ray blast indeed traced back to supermassive black hole

by Tibi Puiu

June 17, 2011

[caption id="attachment_7582" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Artist impression of a star getting ripped by a supermassive black hole. (c) Mark A. Garlick, ...