One day when the different kinds of gamma-ray bursts are better understood, it is likely that the amateur astronomy community will have played a significant part in exposing the secrets of these ...

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Gamma-ray bursts are. They shine hundreds of times brighter and only last for several minutes at most. But even a second would be enough for them to mess up all complex life on the planet.

The recent detection of a cosmic explosion by the Einstein Probe is stirring excitement among space watchers everywhere.

In this series, we cover provocative questions in astronomy. This week: the mysterious extragalactic signals known as Fast ...

The Einstein Probe is revolutionizing our view of the distant X-ray universe, offering an unprecedented look at some of the ...

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are one of the greater mysteries facing astronomers today, rivaled only by gravitational waves (GWs) and gamma-ray bursts ... Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON ...

The Einstein Probe detected a 17-minute soft X-ray burst from 12.5 billion light-years away, challenging gamma-ray burst ...

China Einstein Probe EP astronomical satellite has for the first time in human history detected soft X-ray signals from an ...

The long-awaited detection of gravitational waves has opened up a whole new world of astronomy ... such as a black hole merger or a gamma-ray burst. We'll need new equipment to detect such ...