The "cosmic pinwheel" that astronomers feared could one day shower Earth with lethal gamma rays may not be as dangerous as ...

ESA’s Integral observed space for 22 years, uncovering gamma-ray bursts, black holes, and gravitational waves.

integrating technology he previously developed for the VERITAS (Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System) experimental observatory and for the new ultra-high resolution gamma ray ...

"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 ...

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), in partnership with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), has developed ...

This illustration shows the ingredients of a long gamma-ray burst, the most common type. The core of a massive star (left) has collapsed, forming a black hole that sends a jet of particles moving ...

Yet, though our image of a black hole is one of an all-consuming ... These jets are accompanied by bursts of electromagnetic radiation like the gamma-ray flare that the EHT witnessed.

“Peat soils have a unique ability to block this type of naturally occurring radiation, drastically reducing the number of ...