Gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful kinds of explosions known in the cosmos, may help provide a piece of the puzzle when it ...

One of the incidental pleasures of a trade show like NAB is the option to wander the exhibits and enjoy the process of discovering new ideas which might be too specialist to make big headlines, but ...

Kilonova explosions from neutron star collisions may damage atmospheres and threaten life if nearby, according to a new study ...

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.

You can make the case that none of them are in true color. But then again, if they were, they’d be unable to reveal the true nature of objects emitting or reflecting various kinds of otherwise ...

Well, what about other wavelengths of light like X-rays and gamma rays ... if I'm just trying to count the raw photons, it's still a ton of high-energy radiation. So we're going to have to ...

In a nutshell A galaxy from just 330 million years after the Big Bang has been caught emitting a specific type of light ...

Due to the inherent low atomic number of organic materials, their ability to absorb high-energy rays is relatively weak.

A new way to locate peat soils using gamma ray detectors mounted on aircraft has been developed by Irish scientists. Most of Ireland’s peatlands emit carbon because of land drainage and peat ...

Most matter in the Universe consists of plasmas interspersed within magnetic fields, affecting the transport of charged ...

Red, pink and green colours lit up the dark skies over North Yorkshire as the Northern Lights returned to the county.