In October 2022, several space-based detectors picked up a powerful gamma-ray burst so energetic that astronomers nicknamed it the BOAT (Brightest Of All Time). Now they’ve confirmed that the GRB came ...
Yesterday morning, the world woke up to an exceedingly rare astronomical delight: A nearby star going supernova. Located in galaxy Messier 82 (M82, the Cigar Galaxy), just 11 million light years away, ...