Scientists have been all aflutter since several space-based detectors picked up a powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB) in October 2022—a burst so energetic that astronomers nicknamed it the BOAT (Brightest ...

For the first time, scientists have watched high‑energy cosmic rays at work deep inside a thick cloud of gas, not just at its outer surface. Using the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory (HAWC), ...

A research team led by the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made a breakthrough discovery. They identified a gamma-ray spectrum line with an energy of up to 37 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Galactic Center Excess, shines in high-energy gamma rays that can’t be explained by ordinary astrophysical processes. Its ...

China’s Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO)–one of the country’s key national science and technology infrastructure facilities–has found a dozen ultra-high-energy (UHE) cosmic ...

An international team of astronomers has unveiled the nature of hundreds of gamma-ray emitting sources, discovering that most of them belong to the class of active galaxies known as blazars. Their ...

Imagine, right now, as you read these words, you're immersed in an unseen ocean of energy. Waves are zipping through your ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - About two billion years ago in a galaxy far beyond our Milky Way, a big star met its demise in a massive explosion called a supernova that unleashed a huge burst of ...

Best in Physics presenter Joost Verburg (back row, next to the detector) and colleagues with the prototype prompt gamma detection system on its positioning robot. (Courtesy: Joost Verburg) Proton ...

China's Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) launched its first set of detectors on April 26, 2019. It marked the beginning of comprehensive research effort in observing and detecting ...