Space & PhysicsApril 1, 2017
Shredded Stars Offer New View of Supermassive Black Holes
New techniques reveal how supermassive black holes shred entire stars
Stories by Neil Gehrels
Neil Gehrels was chief of the Astroparticle Physics Laboratory at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, as well as principal investigator of the Swift mission, project scientist for the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) and deputy project scientist for the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. He passed away in February 2017.
Space & PhysicsApril 1, 2007
The Brightest Explosions in the Universe
Every time a gamma-ray burst goes off, a black hole is born
Space & PhysicsSeptember 1, 2004
The Brightest Explosions in the Universe
Every time a gamma-ray burst goes off, a black hole is born
Space & PhysicsDecember 1, 1993
The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
A steady stream of data from this orbiting observatory is painting a portrait of a dynamic and often enigmatic cosmos