Gamma rays are the shortest wavelength electromagnetic waves, containing the most energy, and come … [+] from stars exploding as supernovae. getty A massive burst of gamma rays produced by the explosion of a star almost two billion light-years away was so powerful that it changed Earth’s atmosphere, according to scientists. Gamma rays are the …
JWST’s mid-infrared view of the Ring Nebula. ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, M. Barlow (University College London), N. Cox (ACRI-ST), R. Wesson (Cardiff University) It’s time you caught up with what the James Webb Space Telescope has been up to recently. After celebrating its first year in space this summer the tennis court-sized infrared observatory has been …
Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery regarding a new supernova, dubbed SN Zwicky. This supernova was able to be seen despite being over four billion light years away from the solar system due to gravitational lensing, a phenomenon in which a distant object is magnified as a result of the intense gravitational field of a …
Gemini North, part of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, is back … [+] observing the night sky following the repair and refurbishment of its primary mirror. The telescope’s debut observation captured the supernova dubbed SN 2023ixf (lower left), which was discovered on 19 May by Japanese astronomer Koichi Itagaki. This dazzling point …