A rare and extraordinary event has been captured by researchers in Japan, revealing that lightning on Earth can produce gamma ...

For the first time, scientists have caught lightning in the act of unleashing a powerful burst of gamma radiation known as a ...

Japanese researchers captured rare gamma-ray flash from lightning collision using advanced multi-sensor detection system.

"Gamma-ray bursts can be seen at incredibly large distances because they are so luminous." Hakkila says that because gamma-ray bursts are related to dying stars or the collision of two dead stars ...

Lightning is a phenomenon that has fascinated humanity since time immemorial, providing a stark example of the power and ...

A gamma-ray burst is a cataclysmic event caused by star death or the merger of black holes or neutron stars. It only lasts ...

When Lightning Strikes, So Do Gamma Rays. On January 30, 2023, at 01:13 AM local time, lightning struck Tower 1. A downward ...

This visible-light afterglow can be photographed with medium to large-sized telescopes on Earth for hours, days, or even weeks following the initial gamma-ray burst. The afterglow starts to fade ...

Thunderstorms are known to generate gamma rays, the highest energy radiation on Earth. But pinning the burst to a specific bolt is new.

before we can jump into our gamma ray-powered rockets to explore the neighboring galaxy, scientists have to overcome the beam coherence problem. Back in 2019, University of California, Riverside ...

"Fortunately, we detected a TGF with the full network." Scientists know thunderstorms emit very short TGFs, as well as longer gamma-ray flashes, which can last from minutes to hours. But thunderstorms ...