A massive burst of gamma rays produced by the explosion of a star almost two billion light-years away was so powerful that it changed Earth’s atmosphere, according to scientists. Gamma rays are ...

Astronomers are trying to understand a mysterious cosmic explosion that the Einstein Probe spacecraft spotted in April last year.

In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...

The gamma-ray light curve of DA 362 shows that the source remained mostly in quiescence during the first 12 years of LAT observations (between 2008 and 2020). However, the observations also ...

On March 15, 2024, a space-based observatory detected bursts of low-energy X-rays from deep in the ancient universe, ...

Now, this same black hole is once again captivating scientists with an extraordinary gamma-ray flare that’s emitted photons hundreds of billions of times more powerful than visible light.

"The gamma-ray burst traveled through intergalactic space at the speed of light for eleven billion years, during which time the Sun and the planets were born." — Timothy Ferris, in the film ...

Scientists discover low-mass microquasars can accelerate cosmic rays, reshaping theories on high-energy particle origins.

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are one of the greater mysteries facing astronomers today, rivaled only by gravitational waves (GWs) ...

The Einstein Probe is revolutionizing our view of the distant X-ray universe, offering an unprecedented look at some of the ...

For that, you need something like this gamma-ray spectroscope ... to protect the hygroscopic crystal from both humidity and light. There’s also a temperature sensor on the detector board ...