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

Scientists have discovered intense bursts of gamma rays from thunderclouds. Using special aircraft to fly near the clouds, ...

but astronomers have recently discovered violent events in the universe that make the Sun look dim by comparison. These brief outpourings of energy are called gamma ray bursts. They are short in ...

"We would like to understand the difference between these systems, which holds the clue to understand just how many cosmic ...

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

Caption The entire sky as seen by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and the two pulsars discovered by Einstein@Home that were now published. The field below each inset shows the pulsar name and ...

The Cherenkov Telescope Array just got a major boost for distributing its data, a development that will expedite scientific discovery using the observatory.

Early in the observations, scientists believed it was a typical gamma-ray burst, but this explosion does not fit into any known cosmic explosion. Observations of the explosion in various ...

BEIJING -- A group of Chinese and international scientists conducted a high-precision measurement of the very-high-energy ...

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) ...

In February last year, the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory, perched atop a mountain in Sichuan province, discovered a giant ultra-high-energy gamma-ray bubble structure in the Cygnus ...