Data collected using multiple NSF NOIRLab facilities reveal a gamma-ray burst that lasted more than seven hours and ...

An investigation into a blaze that ripped through an industrial site near Chesterfield after an explosion has revealed what ...

Astronomers have spotted the longest gamma-ray burst ever seen, a cosmic explosion that lasted seven hours — and they ...

A supernova from the early universe looks unexpectedly familiar, challenging ideas about how the first massive stars lived ...

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Astronomers at UNC-Chapel Hill studied the longest gamma-ray burst ever recorded, uncovering new clues about a mysterious ...

Gamma-ray bursts (GRB) are some of the most perplexing phenomena in nature. Even though astronomers have detected about ...

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A team of astronomers including George Washington University physics Ph.D. student Eliza Neights recorded an extraordinary ...

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