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 ...

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

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

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

The cosmic record breaker has now been confirmed by astronomers, who see that the James Webb Space Telescope has detected ...

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

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

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

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

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