Kilonova explosions from neutron star collisions may damage atmospheres and threaten life if nearby, according to a new study ...

Among the most fascinating phenomena are gamma rays, the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation. Recently, ...

For over a decade, a star system on the verge of unleashing a deadly gamma ray burst appeared to have its guns trained on ...

The "cosmic pinwheel" that astronomers feared could one day shower Earth with lethal gamma rays may not be as dangerous as once ... and features in their spectra arising from the colliding winds, ...

But if they exist and form a halo around our galaxy, it could be that when they collide with each other, they generate either gamma rays directly or paired particles of matter and antimatter that ...

An international team of astronomers reports the detection of four new gamma-ray millisecond pulsars using the Murriyang ...

It’s ok, Darth Vader hasn’t got our humble planet in his sights! No this Death Star is a binary system where both stars are locked into an orbit which will lead to their collision, unleashing a ...