Time Domain and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics Workshop White Paper Released
The Time Domain and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (TDAMM) Workshop was held 22–24 August 2022 in Annapolis, MD and online. The Scientific Organizing Committee has written and delivered to Headquarters a White Paper based on the presentations and discussions there, and incorporated feedback from the participants. The White Paper summarizes the scientific opportunities and programmatic issues that emerged from the workshop discussions and it will be presented during the PhysPAG Splinter Session at the AAS meeting on 9 January 2023, 9-11am Pacific time.
NASA Missions Study What May Be a 1-In-10,000-Year Gamma-ray Burst
On Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, a pulse of intense radiation swept through the solar system so exceptional that astronomers quickly dubbed it the BOAT – the brightest of all time. The source was a gamma-ray burst (GRB), the most powerful class of explosions in the universe. Read more.
