The longest gamma-ray burst ever recorded did not behave like a quick cosmic flash. Instead, it burned across the sky for ...

Data collected using multiple NSF NOIRLab facilities reveal a gamma-ray burst that lasted more than seven hours and ...

In a remarkable astronomical event, scientists recently detected the longest gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever recorded, an explosion that lasted an astonishing seven hours. This unprece ...

Astronomers have spotted the longest gamma-ray burst ever seen, a cosmic explosion that lasted seven hours — and they ...

The longest gamma-ray burst ever observed has UNC Chapel Hill astronomers questioning the very nature of these cosmic ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope report that a powerful gamma-ray burst detected in March may have been ...

In July 2025, NASA detected an unusually long-lasting and intense gamma-ray burst (GRB) from deep space, the origin of which ...

A team of astronomers including George Washington University physics Ph.D. student Eliza Neights recorded an extraordinary ...

Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have helped uncover new clues about the longest-lasting cosmic ...

The Webb space telescope observed a supernova that took place when the universe was 730 million years old, setting a new ...

Learn more about the supernova, which is more than a billion years older than the previous record-holder.

Astronomers have sighted the oldest known stellar explosion, dating back to when the universe was less than a billion years ...