Massive gamma-ray flare from ‘recently deceased’ magnetar lights up Cigar Galaxy
by Astronomers believe they have discovered a massive, rare flare from a dead, highly magnetic star, or magnetar, that was bright enough to illuminate an entire …
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Scientists identify the origin of the ‘BOAT’ – the brightest cosmic explosive ever
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists have finally solved the mysterious origin of the “BOAT”, possibly the biggest cosmic explosion since the Big …
NASA suspends Swift gamma-ray space telescope operations
NASA has officially stopped scientific observations made by its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. Don’t worry though. The space telescope, which observes some of the most …
Vampire black hole is ‘cosmic particle accelerator’ that could solve long-standing astronomy mystery
Scientists may have found evidence that vampire black holes feeding on their victim stars – so-called microquasars – are the cosmic particle accelerators responsible for …
A surprising gamma-ray discovery could shed light on cosmic mysteries
Astronomers have discovered an unexpected and unexplained feature outside our Milky Way galaxy radiating high-energy light known as gamma rays. The team behind the discovery, …
300 gamma-ray burst neutron stars found in massive event — some of them ‘spider pulsars’
The Fermi gamma-ray space telescope has discovered about 300 fast-spinning neutron stars. Each newly discovered object sweeps two beams of radiation across the universe like …