Astronomers have discovered the brightest fast radio burst ever detected and traced it to a nearby galaxy using a new network of CHIME Outrigger telescopes. The flash, nicknamed RBFLOAT, lasted only a ...
A recently detected flash of energy appears to have emanated from the wreckage of colliding galaxies, according to an international team of astronomers led by Penn State scientists. The burst, known ...
Gamma-ray bursters as a research area focuses on the astrophysical study of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), extremely energetic transient events observed in gamma-ray wavelengths. This field investigates the ...