Using NASA's Fermi telescope, astronomers have discovered a hidden "annihilation feature" in the gamma-ray burst known as the "BOAT." It's the biggest explosion since the Big Bang ...

In October 2022, astronomers were stunned by what was quickly dubbed the BOAT -- the brightest-of-all-time gamma-ray burst (GRB). Now an international science team reports that data from NASA's ...

Swift has been serving NASA and observing the high-energy cosmos for almost 20 years since its launch from the space agency's historic Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Complex 17-A on Nov. 20, 2004.

JWST detection of a supernova associated with GRB 221009A without an r-process signature. Nature Astronomy, 2024; DOI: 10.1038/s41550-024-02237-4 ...

The explosion, known as a short gamma-ray burst (GRB), took place 7.4 billion years ago, more than halfway back to the Big Bang. “This discovery dramatically moves back the time at which we know ...

After analyzing GRB 060714, named for its detection date of July 14, 2006, Hans Krimm of Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, Md. and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in ...