You’ve heard of how mighty supernovas are, or of the ungodly amounts of energy released by gamma ray bursts. But astronomers have just discovered a type of cosmic blast that puts all those to shame.

When black holes emerge out of hiding to feast on their prey and some type of matter is sucked into their celestial maw, they begin to glow brightly. The events, dubbed “extreme nuclear transients,” ...

“Bazinga?” The term, pilfered from popular culture, might just capture the befuddlement that lingers around the Big Bang. For decades, the picture of a cosmic firecracker matter exploded outward from ...

It's nicknamed the "Brightest Of All Time," or the "BOAT," for good reason. Astronomers have re-examined the biggest explosion ever seen, possibly the most massive explosion since the Big Bang, to ...

Seen in 2022, a gamma-ray burst nicknamed the BOAT is believed to be the brightest explosion ever witnessed by humanity. But the James Webb Telescope's search for its origins has only thrown up more ...

The small, dim, red dot in the center of a newly-released image of a distant galaxy shows it endured one of the most powerful explosions since the Big Bang. Astronomer Brendan O’Connor and his ...

Astronomer Fred Hoyle supposedly coined the catchy term to ridicule the theory of the Universe’s origins — 75 years on, it’s time to set the record straight. “Words are like harpoons,” UK physicist ...

From the Catholic priest who pioneered it, to how we can (almost) see it, here are 5 fascinating facts about the Big Bang. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...