For more than a century, astronomers have known that some “new stars” flaring into view are not births at all but violent ...
Cosmic “touchdown airbursts” — explosions of comets or asteroids above Earth’s surface — may be far more common and ...
The most extreme fireworks in the universe are supposed to follow rules. Gamma-ray bursts, the brightest explosions known, ...
Astronomers used major telescopes across the world to probe a cosmic explosion 8 billion light-years from the solar system.
It’s what a Virginia Tech athletics equipment manager asked Stefan Duma, a faculty member at the university’s department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, in 2009. Duma’s team had been working ...