A record-shattering stellar blast has been caught on camera in unprecedented detail, and the footage is forcing astronomers to rethink how stars die. The event, linked to an extreme gamma-ray outburst ...

"This was many times more energetic than any similar event and more than any known explosion powered by the collapse of a star." ...

In a massive explosion of a black hole ripping apart a star, a dense gas cocoon was found surrounding the explosion, ...

Scientists may have to rethink their playbook for studying gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful known cosmic explosions, after a blast detected in July set a new record by firing energetic jets for ...

"Our study provides a new direction to understand the whole evolutionary history of massive stars toward the formation of ...

A space explosion detected this summer burned for days on end, making it the longest and most unusual gamma-ray burst ever seen. Gamma-ray bursts are the universe’s most powerful explosions. They ...

Decades in the making, NASA's X-ray timelapse shows a stellar explosion expanding into space at up to 2% the speed of light.

Artist's rendition of GRB 250702B's ultra-relativistic jet (moving at nearly the speed of light) escaping from its dusty, massive host galaxy. Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel ...

Space scientists have just released spectacular images documenting the death of a star, a process that has been continuously ...

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