The tidy classification system that divided γ-ray bursts (GRBs) into long-duration busts (lasting more than two seconds) and short may have had its day. The final nail in its coffin may be GRB ...

Long-duration (>2 s) γ-ray bursts that are believed to originate from the death of massive stars are expected to be accompanied by supernovae. GRB 060614, that lasted 102 s, lacks a supernova ...

Given that all other confirmed neutron star mergers we have observed have been accompanied by bursts lasting less than two seconds, we had every reason to expect this 50-second GRB was created by ...

The question of whether a GRB from WR 104 --- which lies in the direction of our Milky Way’s galactic center --- would actually cross earth’s path has been the subject of debate for years now ...

The GRB officially designated GRB 221009A but nicknamed the BOAT, or the brightest of all time, was spotted on October 9, 2022, and stood out from other GRBs due to its extreme nature.

A nearby GRB of this type would cause severe damage to Earth’s atmosphere, climate, and alter genetics. The group’s result appeared online in Nature May 10, 2006, and will appear in print in a ...