There’s an adage coined by [Ian Betteridge] that any headline ending in a question mark can be answered by the word “No”.

In 2019, the MAGIC telescopes detected the first Gamma Ray Burst at very high energies. This was the most intense gamma-radiation ever obtained from such a cosmic object. But the GRB data have more to ...

"They allow us to see back to the earliest times that stars existed." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists may be a step ...

"Relativistic mass" is more of a pedagogic tool than an accurate representation of the universe (at least according to professors whom I trust). Just because gamma (relativistic scaling parameter) ...