For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the centuries-old remains of supernova SNR 0509-67.5 with the European Southern ...

Watch an animation of a black hole shooting jets of particles through a "collapsing star at nearly the speed of light" and ...

Today in the history of astronomy, satellites Vela 3 and 4 make the first detection of gamma-ray bursts.

A groundbreaking new survey from China’s LHAASO observatory has unveiled powerful ultrahigh-energy gamma-ray emissions across ...

The new telescope design will allow gamma ray astronomers to use more modern camera sensors. Current gamma ray telescope arrays are using much of the same technology used in the 1960s by his ...

Astronomers studying the remnant SNR 0509-67.5 have finally caught a white dwarf in the act of a rare “double-detonation” ...

A dramatic cosmic event, a rare dwarf nova that suddenly brightened by a factor of 2,500, has been discovered with the help ...