NASA's flagship space telescope captured flares from the disk of superheated material around the black hole, revealing the dynamic—and explosive—physics at our galaxy's core.

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An Russian drone attack caused significant damage to the radiation shelter of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant.

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The dark surfaces heat up and warm the air nearby, melting snow or ice in close proximity, even on a very cold day. This is ...

Radiotherapy, or radiation therapy, is the clinical use of high energy rays (ionizing radiation) to induce DNA damage in all exposed cells to ultimately kill cancer cells or prevent cancer growth.

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Researchers from the University of Tokyo have released a detailed study of the impact of nuclear radiation on concrete. Their study is one of the first to show how long-term exposure to radiation ...