News articles tagged with 'burst'
Light dawns on dark gamma-ray bursts
— 16 Dec 2010 17:16 | AstronomyGamma-ray bursts (GRBs), fleeting events that last from less than a second to several minutes, are detected by orbiting observatories that can pick up their high energy radiation. Thirteen…
Neutron stars may be too weak to power some gamma-ray bursts
— 3 Nov 2010 19:31 | AstronomyA gamma-ray burst is an immensely powerful blast of high-energy light thought to be generated by a collapsing star in a distant galaxy, but what this collapse leaves behind has been…
Mysterious pulsar with hidden powers discovered
— 15 Oct 2010 12:47 | AstronomyDramatic flares and bursts of energy - activity previously thought reserved for only the strongest magnetised pulsars - has been observed emanating from a weakly magnetised, slowly…
Record-breaking X-ray blast briefly blinds space observatory
— 15 Jul 2010 15:08 | AstronomyA blast of the brightest X-rays ever detected from beyond our Milky Way galaxy's neighbourhood temporarily blinded the X-ray eye on NASA's Swift space observatory earlier this summer,…
Star shoots out material at close to the speed of light
— 28 Jan 2010 11:18 | AstronomyAn international team of scientists, including Dr Jonathan Granot from the University of Hertfordshire in the UK, have studied a supernova explosion (known as SN 2007gr) of a star and…
Magnetic power revealed in gamma-ray burst jet
— 10 Dec 2009 10:45 | AstronomyA specialised camera on a telescope operated by U.K. astronomers from Liverpool has made the first measurement of magnetic fields in the afterglow of a gamma-ray burst (GRB). The result…
Astronomers explore 'last blank space' on map of the Universe
— 29 Oct 2009 10:26 | AstronomyThe most distant object ever discovered is described in this week's edition of the science journal Nature…
Next-generation microcapsules deliver 'chemicals on demand'
— 29 Oct 2009 09:01 | ChemistryScientists in California are reporting development of a new generation of the microcapsules used in carbon-free copy paper, in which capsules burst and release ink with pressure from…
Fog lifted on 'dark' gamma-ray bursts, mysterious counterparts to bursts with an afterglow
— 9 Jun 2009 12:03 | AstronomyGamma-ray bursts, with their ability to pierce through gas and dust to shine brightly across the universe, are revealing areas of intense star formation and stellar death where astronomers…
The most distant object yet discovered in the Universe
— 1 May 2009 14:34 | AstronomyGamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are powerful flashes of energetic gamma-rays lasting from less than a second to several minutes. They release a tremendous amount of energy in this short time…