Among the most fascinating phenomena are gamma rays, the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation. Recently, ...

An international team of astronomers reports the detection of four new gamma-ray millisecond pulsars using the Murriyang ...

We know that regular supernovas pose no existential threat to life on Earth in the near-term. But there are other varieties of supernova that are a little bit harder to predict, and a little bit ...

We even use radio waves in astronomy ... are used for surgery. X-rays are also used in airport security scanners and to detect broken pipes underground. Gamma rays are also used to produce ...

"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 ...

Gamma rays are high energy electromagnetic ... free of viruses and bacteria and be safe for use with patients. it may not kill all bacteria on an object; it can be very harmful - standing in ...

(Things with more mass have stronger gravitational pulls.) Astronomers like Cendes are now watching the aftermath of the dramatic gamma-ray burst using powerful telescopes, like the Submillimeter ...

The same result is obtained when studying the pulse-height from the gamma-rays emitted by different substances. There is, in this case, a continuous distribution of pulses from zero to a certain ...