Earth far from being fried by gamma ray burst, say researchers

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 09:50

Researchers have revealed that the chances of Earth being fried by a largest gamma ray burst are exceedingly rare.

Gamma-ray burst breaks record for biggest cosmic explosion

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 12:16

Cosmic explosion caused by the death of a star in a distant galaxy became the focus of astronomers around the world after it occurred in April.

Mystery behind fireball after gamma ray burst revealed

Last Updated: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 16:13

NASA`s Hubble Space Telescope has discovered that short-duration gamma ray bursts are produced by the merger of two small, super-dense stellar objects.

Earth`s gold may have originated from colliding dead stars

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 09:46

Unlike elements like carbon or iron, gold cannot be created within a star instead it can only be formed by a cataclysmic event.

NASA`s telescopes capture record-setting gamma-ray burst

Last Updated: Saturday, May 4, 2013, 13:40

Astronomers from around the world were blown away by a record-setting blast of gamma rays from a dying star in a distant galaxy.

`Powerful` gamma ray burst may have `hit Earth in 8th Century`

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 22, 2013, 12:37

A new study has suggested that a gamma ray burst, the most powerful explosion known in the Universe, may have hit the Earth in the 8th Century.

Remarkable symmetry seen in black hole jets

Last Updated: Saturday, December 15, 2012, 15:16

NASA`s Swift satellite and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have found that high-speed jets launched from active black holes possess fundamental similarities regardless of mass, age or environment.

X-ray vision `may reveal moment of birth of violent supernovae`

Last Updated: Saturday, December 8, 2012, 19:36

A team of astronomers has uncovered new evidence suggesting that X-ray detectors in space could be the first to witness new supernovae that signal the death of massive stars.