Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery, detecting the most powerful gamma rays ever observed in the Milky Way, emanating from its tumultuous center. These gamma rays, with energy levels ...

Gamma rays can only be detected by sensors made of dense metals and takes over six feet (1.8 meters) of concrete to block. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A nearby supernova in 2023 offered astrophysicists an excellent opportunity to test ideas about how these types of explosions boost particles, called cosmic rays, to near light-speed. But surprisingly ...

Physicists and astronomers have studied gamma rays caused by the Sagittarius Dwarf, a small neighboring galaxy of our Milky Way. They showed that all the observed gamma radiation can be explained by ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Everything we know about our universe is constantly changing. Spacecraft like the James ...

DURHAM, N.C. — Duke University engineers have led the most detailed analyses of links between some lightning events and mysterious gamma ray emissions that emanate from earth’s own atmosphere. Their ...

A glowing blob known as "the cocoon" has puzzled astronomers since it was discovered in 2012. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

There appear to be too many gamma rays coming from the sun. New higher-energy measurements reveal that this excess continues for a bit, then disappears — a cutoff that could help clarify what’s going ...

The collision of two lightning-bolts-in-the-making spawned an exceedingly brief but extremely energetic flash of gamma rays. This first-of-its-kind observation may help explain an origin of some of ...

Even as detailed images of distant galaxies from the James Webb Space Telescope show us more of the greater universe, scientists still disagree about how life began here on Earth. One hypothesis is ...

Roland Crocker receives funding from the Australian Research Council. A glowing blob known as “the cocoon”, which appears to be inside one of the enormous gamma-ray emanations from the centre of our ...