A groundbreaking study uncovered new gamma-ray lines in the universe's brightest gamma-ray burst, GRB 221009A, revealing ...

Astronomers around the globe were stunned by an event named the BOAT, short for the brightest-of-all-time gamma-ray burst ...

Rings of dust that evidence the BOAT, as seen by the XMM-Newton Observatory. The gamma-ray burst, affectionately dubbed ‘BOAT’ (Brightest of All Time), has been found to emit gamma-rays with ...

A NASA satellite designed to search for the universe's most powerful and violent explosions has successfully scouted its ...

The gamma-ray burst (GRB) known as the Brightest Of All Time (BOAT) had an emission line in its afterglow, the first time one has been detected with confidence in any GRB. The astronomers who ...

“It was probably the brightest gamma-ray burst we have ever detected,” said Mirko Piersanti, University of L’Aquila, Italy, and lead author of the paper, in a press release. The burst of ...

Einstein's theory of relativity is based on two assumptions, or postulates. The first is that the laws of physics look the ...

Satellites captured images of how the gamma blast lit up dust rings in space Scientists have revealed how Nasa satellites detected the brightest gamma ray explosion in space. The gamma-ray burst ...

July 25, 2024 — In October 2022, astronomers were stunned by what was quickly dubbed the BOAT -- the brightest-of-all-time gamma-ray burst (GRB). Now an international science team reports that ...

NASA’s BurstCube satellite has successfully detected a gamma-ray burst in outer space, achieving a major milestone in its ...

Some of the matter swirling toward the black hole was redirected into dual jets firing in opposite directions. We see a gamma-ray burst when one of these jets happens to point directly at Earth.