A third form of star death results when neutron stars or ... During their search for the origin of the gamma-ray burst, astronomers used the Gemini South telescope located in Chile to observe ...

A gamma-ray burst is a cataclysmic event caused by star death or the merger of black holes or neutron stars. It only lasts ...

This impact creates black holes and releases extremely energetic flashes of light known as gamma ray bursts (GRBs ... been focused on exploring neutron star mergers with LIGO and similar experiments.

If a T Tauri star produces gamma-ray radiation, it will affect the gas conditions of the protoplanetary disk and, consequently, the evolution of planet formation." You may like James Webb ...

Gamma-ray bursts were traced to the nucleus of an ... This blow-up was likely triggered by a “demolition derby” type of star death that scientists have long hypothesized, but never observed.

Some may be caused when merging neutron stars create a black hole, or when a neutron star and a black hole merge. Because they are so energetic, even a gamma-ray burst that originates on the other ...

The neutron star’s crust will crack open just like the ground in an earthquake,” Most says. “The black hole’s gravity first ...

Credits: NASA/Sonoma State University, Aurore Simonnet Scientists have discovered the first gamma-ray eclipses from a special type of binary star system using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray ...

which will detect the emission of short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), a key electromagnetic (EM) signature that will contribute to ...