Get up to speed on gamma rays, the radiation responsible for creating the Red Hulk in Captain America: Brave New World.

The event is designated EP240408a, as it was first detected by the Einstein Probe, an X-ray space telescope, on 8 April 2024.

A newly detected cosmic explosion, EP240408a, could be the result of a white dwarf's death, creating a high-speed jet. It ...

One of those detections was EP240408a, an unusual blast that lit up discussions between astronomers. Zhang and his colleagues ...

Watch the evolution of a jet formed by a collapsing star ("collapsar") in these simulations courtesy of Ore ...

The most luminous kilonova candidate to date (short gamma-ray burst 200522A) was detected using the Hubble Space Telescope, Swift Observatory and other telescopes. A kilonova is a "the afterglow ...

Was a powerful cosmic explosion seen by the Einstein Probe launched by a supermassive black hole snacking on a star, by a ...

Carnegie Mellon University researchers led a study that concluded a shredded star launched a powerful burst of energy toward the Earth.

The team announced its “ultrahigh energy” neutrino on Wednesday, in a paper published in the journal Nature. The finding ...

In the search for elusive particles called neutrinos, researchers are stringing thousands of detectors in the depths of the ...

Anthony Mackie returns to take up Captain America's shield on the big screen, but the latest Marvel movie belongs to Harrison ...