A mysterious cosmic explosion has astronomers buzzing, as a strange event may hint at an entirely new kind of stellar cataclysm. After detecting ripples in space-time, scientists spotted a fast-fading ...

NASA has a new cosmic event to report on, and this one is rarer than most. An odd cosmic object near the Sun was breaking into pieces in real time. Instead of one brightly burning body, they saw ...

Gamma-ray bursts are the universe’s ultimate flash in the pan. In a fraction of a second, they can violently release more energy than our Sun will emit over its entire ten-billion-year lifespan.

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