The Milky Way, our home galaxy, is part of a different supercluster called Laniakea, which, at 500 million light-years wide, is dwarfed by the Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall. In fact, the team ...

Normally when people think of gamma rays -- bursts of an incredibly high-energy form of light -- they are coming from out of this world, such as solar flares, exploding stars or black holes ...

Their findings revealed that thunderstorms produce gamma radiation far more often than previously thought, and the mechanisms behind this radiation remain full of unanswered questions.

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Neutron-capture prompt-gamma activation analysis (PGAA) ...