A flash of high-energy light from deep space has forced astronomers to rethink what they thought they knew about the most violent explosions in the universe. The event, a strange gamma-ray burst that ...

The longest gamma-ray burst ever recorded did not roar for seconds or even minutes, but for a staggering seven hours, forcing astronomers to rethink how some of the most violent explosions in the ...

A NASA-funded scientist has produced a new type of picture of the Earth from space, which complements the familiar image of our “blue marble”. This new picture is the first detailed image of our ...

Down here at the bottom of our ocean of air, it’s easy to get complacent about the hazards our universe presents. We feel safe from the dangers of the vacuum of space, where radiation sizzles and ...