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 ...
A faint flash from the cosmic dawn has revealed itself as the oldest supernova ever confirmed, its light having traveled 13 billion years to reach Earth. The James Webb Space Telescope captured the ...
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, ...