In a bizarre gamma-ray space explosion whose light reached Earth in 2023, a team led by astronomer Run-Chao Chen of Nanjing ...
Gamma ray bursts are the most luminous explosions in the universe, briefly outshining entire galaxies in a violent flash of ...
A discovery involving researchers at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has, for the first time, unveiled millisecond ...
Astronomers have recently detected an intriguing “heartbeat signal” emanating from deep space, capturing the attention and curiosity of the scientific community. This signal, a Fast Radio Burst (FRB), ...
Every galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center, much like every egg has a yolk. But sometimes, hens lay eggs with two yolks. In a similar way, astrophysicists like us who study supermassive ...
Strange X-ray pulses blasted out from a recently awakened monster black hole are the most powerful astronomers have seen, and may help explain how these cosmic behemoths emerge from their slumber. A ...