Scientists at top-tier research institutions have made a significant breakthrough by recreating miniature versions of cosmic “fireballs” in laboratory conditions. These intense bursts of plasma, ...

Using CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron, researchers generated plasma fireballs to simulate blazar jets. The beams stayed ...

Astronomers observed GRB 221009A—a gamma-ray burst 2.4 billion light-years away—which nonetheless disturbed Earth’s upper ...

A cosmic explosion known as GRB 250702B is by far the longest gamma-ray burst astronomers have ever seen—if it’s even one at ...