This is the first time astronomers have ever detected the polarisation of radio waves within the Universe’s most powerful jets
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Celebrating a decade of the Fermi Space Telescope
NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has been observing the most energetic events and objects in the universe for the past ten years
Deep Space
Astronomers spot light created by gravitational waves for the first time
Marking the beginning of a new era in astrophysics, scientists have detected ripples in space-time and electromagnetic radiation, or light, from the same event
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X-ray telescope witnesses result of violent crash between heavyweight objects
Astronomers now have the best evidence to date that the energetic events known as gamma-ray bursts produce a very narrow beam or jet
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Afterglow was flickering black hole not fast radio burst
New research shows that the emission thought to be an afterglow actually originated from a distant galaxy’s core
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How do gamma-ray bursts work?
That’s one question that astronomers are asking after our current understanding of these bright explosions is challenged by new observations.
Deep Space
The giant explosions that rock the universe
We take a look at stellar quakes, the massive eruptions of energy that are released when a neutron star’s surface cracks open.
Deep Space
What’s the brightest thing in the universe?
Find out what space phenomenon shines the brightest right here.