In November 2024, gravitational-wave detectors recorded the violent merger of two black holes billions ...

A recently detected flash of energy appears to have emanated from the wreckage of colliding galaxies, according to an international team of astronomers led by Penn State scientists. The burst, known ...

GRB 230906A, a short gamma-ray burst first detected in 2023, points to a faint galaxy embedded within a long stream of torn ...

A distant galaxy that lay quiet for decades has suddenly stirred, lighting up in dramatic bursts that have caught astronomers off guard. This unexpected awakening, traced to a black hole at the galaxy ...

A recently detected flash of energy appears to have emanated from the wreckage of colliding galaxies, according to an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist's illustration depicts the CHIME's Outrigger array tracing RBFLOAT to its host galaxy. - Daniëlle Futselaar/MMT ...

13 billion light years away. The burst, dubbed GRB 090423, was detected by NASA’s Swift satellite the burst’s origin. Data from Swift’s Ultraviolet/Optical (blue, green) and X-Ray (orange and red) ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. — A bright blip in a distant galaxy may link two mysterious categories of cosmic flares. The event, which astronomers playfully call the Platypus, could also offer a new way to ...

NEW YORK — Astronomers have spotted the brightest fast radio burst yet coming from a nearby galaxy. Observations of this phenomenon, a powerful flash of radio waves that lasts only about one ...