180 results for "gamma ray"

Researchers have detected the most powerful gamma rays ever recorded at the center of the Milky Way, confirming the presence of a PeVatron, a cosmic accelerator that produces some of…

Posted on Jul 14, 2020 in Astronomy, Science A short gamma ray burst left the most-distant optical afterglow ever detected –incredibly faint and fast signals sometimes lasting mere hours–some 10...

Posted on Mar 31, 2020 in Astronomy, Physics “How relativity behaves at very high energies has real consequences for the world around us. Most quantum gravity models say the behavior...

Posted on Nov 21, 2019 in Astronomy, Featured Articles, Science, Space “Scientists have been trying to observe very-high-energy emission from gamma-ray bursts for a long time,” explained lead author Antonio...

“SS 433 is an unusual star system and each year something new has come out about it,” said Segev BenZvi, physicist at the University of Rochester. “This new observation of...

Posted on Feb 19, 2016 in Uncategorized The sources of the high-energy cosmic neutrinos that are detected by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory buried in the Antarctic ice may be hidden...

Posted on Dec 1, 2015 When certain massive stars use up all of their fuel and collapse onto their cores, explosions 10 to 100 times brighter than the average supernova...

A nearby microquasar within our galaxy has been discovered to emit gamma rays with unprecedented energy levels, reaching up to 200 teraelectronvolts. The discovery, made using data from the HAWC…

NASA scientists have discovered a new type of gamma-ray emission produced by tropical thunderstorms, called "flickering gamma-ray flashes." Using advanced detectors aboard a high-altitude NASA aircraft, researchers found that these…

NASA’s BurstCube satellite, a shoebox-sized CubeSat, has successfully detected its first gamma-ray burst (GRB)—one of the most energetic explosions in the universe. The satellite, which was deployed from the International...

NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has uncovered a groundbreaking discovery in the study of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), identifying an unprecedented emission line in the brightest GRB ever recorded. The event,...

NASA has awarded SpaceX a contract to launch the Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI), marking a significant advancement for gamma-ray astronomy. The mission is set for an August 2027 launch...

“Something like the diffuse glow of gamma ray background that permeates our Milky Way Galaxy could conceivably be evidence for dark matter,” researcher Mark Krumholz, a theoretical and computational astrophysicist...

The German-Russian, eRosita space telescope mounted on the Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) was launched in July of 2019. Rotating at an observing position some 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, the spacecraft has...

Posted on Jun 12, 2019 in Astronomy, Cosmology, Cosmos, Science, Space “Have you seen your body in X-rays? It looks completely different,” says astrophysicist Rashid Sunyaev. “We will do the...

Posted on Nov 20, 2021 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmic Rays, Science In 2019, two mysterious globular structures were spotted in the galaxy NGC 3079, located 67 million light years from...

Astronomers discovered “a ringside seat into beautiful and dangerous physics that we have not seen before in our galaxy. This is the first such Wolf-Rayet star system to be discovered...

Posted on Jul 30, 2018 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmos, Discovery, Galaxies, NASA, Science, Space, Technology, Universe Located about 7,500 light-years away in the southern constellation of Carina, Eta Carinae comprises...

Researchers have discovered a magnetic halo around the Milky Way, revealing large-scale magnetized structures extending over 16,000 light-years above and below the galaxy's plane. These structures are linked to powerful…

On August 5, 2024, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) observed two significant solar flares. These twin X-class flares, the most intense type of solar flare, erupted from the Sun, providing...

NASA researchers have found that amino acids, potential indicators of life, could survive near the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus. Experiments indicate that these organic molecules...

SpaceX launched a batch of 20 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early on July 3, 2024, following a brief delay. This mission was significant as it marked...

A recent powerful solar flare, the strongest in nearly two decades, has had significant impacts on Mars, causing widespread radiation on the Martian surface. Solar Flare Details On May 20,...

Astronomers around the world are eagerly awaiting a spectacular cosmic event set to occur in the constellation Corona Borealis. This rare event involves the binary star system known as T...

The mysterious radiation predicted by Stephen Hawking, known as Hawking radiation, may soon be observable thanks to advancements in telescope technology. This radiation, emitted by black holes, has eluded detection...

Magnetars, a rare type of neutron star known for their extraordinarily strong magnetic fields, have recently captivated the astronomical community. These stellar remnants are not only fascinating due to their...

Posted on Dec 30, 2022 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Cosmos, Extraterrestrial Life, James Webb Space Telescope, Science, Science News, Space News, Universe Today’s stories include If Aliens Contact Humanity, Who...

Posted on Oct 3, 2022 in Black Holes, Consciousness, Extraterrestrial Life, Galaxies, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), NASA, Physics, Science, Space News, Technology, Universe Today’s stories include Discoveries about Ancient...

Posted on Sep 6, 2022 in Science Today’s stories include The Search For Extraterrestrial Life, UFOS, And Our Future to The Biggest Star Ever Found Just Revealed A Surprising Insight,...

Posted on May 4, 2022 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial Life, Milky Way Galaxy, Multiverse, quantum physics, Science, Science News, Space News, Universe Today’s stories range from  Seeing the Earth...

“Neutron star mergers are extremely rare,” explained Columbia University astrophysicist Brian Metzger in an email to The Daily Galaxy about the exotic phenomenon known as a kilonova, “occurring only once...

Posted on Mar 4, 2022 in Astronomy, Black Hole, Science, Stars The first black hole to be discovered was Cygnus X-1 in 1964. It comprises a black hole and a...

Posted on Oct 5, 2021 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, NASA, Solar System The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has announced that NASA has its sights set on visiting a mysterious giant asteroid...

Posted on Aug 17, 2021 in Science “Our solar system was most likely formed in a giant molecular cloud together with a young stellar cluster, and one or more supernova...

“The volume of space-time within range of our telescopes—what astronomers have traditionally called ‘the universe’—is only a tiny fraction of the aftermath of the big bang,” says astrophysicist Martin Rees....

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Posted on Mar 3, 2021 in Science What an amazing week: from an unknown Milky Way signal that may be a gravitational wave, mind-boggling cosmic string, or primordial black hole...

Posted on Mar 25, 2021 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Black Holes, Science The  massive now-iconic object at the center of the M87 was described by scientists on April 10, 2019 as...

Posted on Feb 4, 2021 in Astronomy, Science In 1967, Jocelyn Bell, then a graduate student in astronomy at Cambridge University, noticed a strange signal, a series of sharp pulses...

In 1993 Stephen Hawking proposed in Black Holes and Baby Universes that there might be “primordial black holes which were formed in the early universe that could be less than...

So far, we have had only close calls from gamma ray explosions so large, scientists have suggested, that if they occurred within our solar neighborhood (less than 1,000 light years)...

Posted on Jan 9, 2021 in Astronomy, Science When stars more than thirty times bigger than our sun explode, they produce a type of young neutron star called a magnetar...

Posted on Dec 12, 2020 in Science During the past two years, two strange events have occurred at our Milky Way’s violent center. In October of 2019, Milky Way’s central...

Posted on Dec 24, 2020 in Astronomy, Galaxies, Science, Universe An international team of astronomers has confirmed the most-distant known galaxy, GN-z11s, a hefty13.4 billion light years away, indicating it...

Ever since astronomers reached a consensus in the 1980s that invisible “dark matter” binds galaxies together and gravitationally shapes the cosmos — experimentalists have hunted for the elusive nonluminous particles....

Posted on Nov 12, 2020 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Science, Supernova “Although Earth was originally created from the Sun (as part of the ecliptic plane of debris and dust that circulated...

In a half-second flash of light in May of this year, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope detected the most powerful explosion since the Big Bang –the brightest infrared light from a...

It’s been said that the tardigrade, an eight-legged microscopic creature –the most resilient form of life on our planet, that can exist for up to 30 years without food or...

Posted on Sep 15, 2020 in Astronomy, Science, Universe Sunlight is the most precious gold on Earth, biologists say. But for astronomers, the search for the source of the amount...

Posted on Aug 19, 2020 in Astronomy, Science Astronomers have discovered the source and cycle of mysterious ultra-bright gamma ray flashes, which runs on a clockwork 162-days at a distance...