Although our galaxy's supermassive black hole is relatively placid, the center of the Milky Way wherein it resides is not a placid place. Its extreme location is rife with what can best be described ...

A mysterious glow of gamma rays from the centre of the Milky Way has reignited debate over dark matter. The unexplained radiation, first detected by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, appears ...

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An artist's rendering of gamma-ray glows observed during the research, with gamma rays colored purple for emphasis NASA / ALOFT mission Two hundred and seventy-two years after that June afternoon when ...

The collision of two lightning-bolts-in-the-making spawned an exceedingly brief but extremely energetic flash of gamma rays. This first-of-its-kind observation may help explain an origin of some of ...

Watch an animation of a black hole shooting jets of particles through a "collapsing star at nearly the speed of light" and emit "x-rays and gamma rays (magenta)," according to NASA's Goddard Space ...

Discover how Singapore's 'radiation detectives' ensure safety and enhance capabilities as South-east Asia explores nuclear ...

Researchers from Skoltech, MEPhI, and the Dukhov All-Russian Research Institute of Automation have proposed a new method to create compact gamma-ray sources that are simultaneously brighter, sharper, ...