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Sarah Dalessi, a fifth-year student in the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The ...

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A seven-hour gamma-ray burst, GRB 250702B, stuns astronomers and hints at powerful new cosmic engines still unknown to science.

Astronomers have observed the longest-ever gamma-ray burst — a powerful, extragalactic explosion that lasted over seven hours ...

A faint, tiny flash of red light glimpsed at the Cosmic Dawn more than 13 billion years ago has smashed the record for the ...

Explore the life and groundbreaking contributions of Bibha Chowdhuri, a pioneering Indian physicist in cosmic ray research, ...

X-ray telescopes catch a black hole firing ultra-fast winds at 60,000 km/s, revealing how flares trigger extreme cosmic ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope uncovers clues about a mysterious cosmic blast that defies expectationsA Rutgers ...

NASA’s James Webb Telescope discovers the oldest supernova ever seen, offering insights into early universe star formation ...

A fascinating study, published in The Astrophysical Journal, has shed light on a mysterious chapter in our Solar System’s ...