Space is full of surprises, and in 2025, astronomers witnessed one of the most extraordinary events ever registered: a gamma-ray burst (GRB) that lasted seven ...
For the first time, scientists have watched high‑energy cosmic rays at work deep inside a thick cloud of gas, not just at its outer surface. Using the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory (HAWC), ...
China’s Einstein Probe has detected an event suspected to be the first recorded instance of a black hole devouring a white dwarf.
A seven-hour gamma-ray burst, GRB 250702B, stuns astronomers and hints at powerful new cosmic engines still unknown to science.
Scientists use distant gamma ray bursts to prove that light maintains its constant speed, reinforcing Einstein's theory.
Researchers from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have conducted a new study on the temporal ...
In 2018, astronomers took the first-ever picture of a black hole, a fascinating and unprecedented glimpse of an event horizon. And as it turns out, the black hole — dubbed M87* and located some 55 ...
An international team of scientists, led by the University of Oxford, has achieved a world-first by creating plasma "fireballs" using the Super Proton Synchrotron accelerator at CERN, Geneva, to study ...