Stuck in the Middle: A New Gamma-Ray Burst Defies the Norm
Even for stellar explosions, this gamma-ray burst is a weird one!
Ancient Trees: A New Kind of Cherenkov Telescope
Astronomy research can be conducted in countless ways, but when’s the last time you chopped into a tree to learn about the cosmos?
GRB Afterglows: Coming out of a Cocoon, and Doing Just Fine?
It started out with a burst of gamma rays, how did it end up like blackbody radiation? Today’s paper discusses observations of gamma ray bursts with strange spectra.
The Sad Case of GRB 111005A: a Lonely, Nearby Gamma-Ray Burst
A long-duration GRB was detected without its expected supernova companion. Today’s astrobite chronicles one team’s efforts to try and uncover the cause of GRB 111005A’s loneliness.
An Astrophysical Event (Probably) Won’t Kill Every Species on Earth
There’s no need to worry about the Earth being sterilized by an asteroid or gamma-ray burst, especially if you happen to be a tardigrade.
Things that go “chirp” in the night
Today’s paper talks about the not-yet-observed electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational waves