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Elements essential to life were created following a massive explosion in space

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Astronomers think that GRB 221009A is the birth of a newly formed black hole in the heart of a collapsing star. In this figure the black hole creates strong jets of particles that move at a speed close to the speed of light. The jets penetrate through the star, emitting X-rays and gamma rays as they flow into space. Credit: NASA/Swift/Cruz deWilde

Cosmic extremism: The unusual structure of the jet of the brightest gamma-ray burst of all time

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The unusual jet structure reveals unique features of the relatively nearby gamma-ray burst that can be studied in better detail than the gamma-wave bursts discovered so far
This image provides three different perspectives on the gamma ray burst GRB150101B, which is similar to the event where gravitational waves were measured and simultaneously also in the electromagnetic spectrum and there is a similarity between the two cases. In the center, an image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy where the GRB150101B burst occurred. In the top corner, two X-ray images from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory show the event as it appeared on January 9, 2015 (left), and as seen about a month later, on February 10, 2015 (right), as the explosion halo fades, point The bright light is the nucleus of the galaxy.Photo: NASA/CXC

Researchers have retrospectively identified another event of gravitational waves from colliding neutron stars

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A blazar fires a jet of cosmic rays and neutrinos towards Earth and is absorbed by the IceCube facility at the South Pole. Figure IceCube/NASA

A collaboration between the neutrino detector and a space telescope led to the identification of a source producing cosmic rays for the first time

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Imaging a kilonova: the merger and collision of two tiny but highly compressed neutron stars. Source: ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornmesser.

The prediction from 1989 that came true and the rapid mobilization of astrophysicists to observe the source of gravitational waves with other detectors as well

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The large galaxy in Andromeda (M81). Photo: shutterstock

The "gamma ray burst" in the Andromeda galaxy turned out to be a false alarm

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gold stars Illustration: shutterstock

The Golden Path: The Hubble Space Telescope observation confirms a half-year-old theory of Israeli researchers that explains the origin of gold and silver in the universe

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This artist illustration, prepared for the Harvard Smithsonian Center depicting two neutron stars at the moment of collision New findings confirm that neutron star collisions cause short bursts of gamma rays in which the rare metals including gold are produced. All the gold on Earth is believed to have come from such neutron star collisions. Image Credit: Dana Berry, SkyWorks Digital, Inc.

The gold on Earth was created in neutron star collisions

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November 12, 2011 gamma ray burst

A new type of gamma ray burst shows a new way for a star to die

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The vortex of the black hole. Image: NASA

Towards the end of the world: ten reasons why the end of the world will come someday, or not but not in the near term

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Gamma ray bursts. Image: NASA

Two researchers from the field of astrophysics jointly win the prestigious award for young physicists on behalf of the Israel Physics Society

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In the photo: a space map showing the two paths of gamma rays above and below the galaxy according to Fermi's measurements. Image: NASA

NASA scientists have discovered two mysterious giant bubbles on either side of the Milky Way

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An unexpected source of gamma rays has been discovered in space

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The largest gamma ray burst

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Neutron star WR 104 won't kill us

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Fermi discovered a pulsar that emits only in the gamma ray range

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The Swift space telescope photographed the most distant gamma-ray burst

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Please meet - the Fermi Space Telescope

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The Glast Space Telescope is launched

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About the great gamma ray burst that accompanied the death of Arthur C. Clarke

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The most powerful gamma ray burst ever observed has been recorded

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The danger of destroying life on Earth as a result of a gamma ray burst is negligible

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The Northern Hemisphere will be able to watch a cosmic explosion

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The largest gamma-ray burst in recorded history

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Supernovae and the solar system are to blame for the mass extinction on Earth

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