A burst of gamma-ray radiation from a distant galaxy, detected on 25 December last year, may have come from a comet crashing into a neutron star, claim astrophysicists.

The Gamma Normids is a weak meteor shower that is active from Feb. 25 to March 28. According to the The Sky Live, at its peak the Gamma Normids will produce around six meteors per hour but this is ...

Object type: Gamma-ray burst Constellation: Andromeda The timing could hardly have been more auspicious. Like a 2000-year-old gamma-ray echo of the biblical star of Bethlehem, on ...

A burst of gamma-ray radiation from a distant galaxy, detected on December 25 last year, may have come from a comet crashing into a neutron star, astrophysicists say.

TIDAL SHREDDING One explanation for the bizarre gamma ray burst observed on Christmas day last year is that a minor body – an asteroid or comet –got too close to a neutron star and was shredded.