Gamma-ray

Space New images reveal an early-stage stellar eruption (nova) in stunning detail

New infrared images reveal complex nova eruptions with delayed blasts and colliding flows that create high energy shocks.

Space The seven-hour flash: Astronomers discover the longest gamma-ray burst on record Joseph Shavit

Space After nearly a century of looking, researchers may have finally detected dark matter Joshua Shavit

Space New analysis challenges Einstein’s theory on the speed of light Joseph Shavit

Space Pulsars or dark matter? The Milky Way’s central glow just got more puzzling Joseph Shavit

Space Rare black hole-star merger creates the longest gamma-ray burst ever Joshua Shavit

Space Runaway black hole defies growth limit, expands at record rate Joseph Shavit

Space Australia’s first nanosatellite begins observing the universe’s most extreme events Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Gamma-rays trigger lightning and alter atmospheric chemistry

Innovations Quantum breakthrough could shrink giant particle accelerators onto a silicon chip

Space Star flares blast out massive amounts of gold across the galaxy

Green Impact Quantum breakthrough: Scientists created antimatter from light

Discoveries The extraordinary cause of the brightest gamma-ray burst of all time