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An ultra-fast flash from the galaxy M82 reveals what may have been a rare "extragalactic magnetar giant flare." ...

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Astronomers detected millisecond pulsations in a gamma-ray burst, confirming that newborn magnetars can power the universe's most extreme explosions. The burst, catalogued as GRB 230307A, erupted on ...

The collision of two neutron stars creates a cosmic explosion so powerful it forges gold, unleashes gravitational waves, and ...

Scientists just decoded a mysterious space signal that traveled for 200 million years before reaching Earth! 🚀📡 This signal, coming from a faraway galaxy, turned out to be from a colossal cosmic ...

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Researchers have detected a gamma-ray burst outside of the Milky Way that's unlike any previously observed. There's no ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A comet from another star system will swing by Mars on Friday as a fleet of spacecraft trains its sights on the interstellar visitor.