A new type of gamma-ray sensor developed by NASA, called AstroPix, will take part in a robotic arm demonstration on the ...

To test these theories, the research team—a collaboration between the University of Oxford and the Science and Technology Facilities Council's (STFC) Central Laser Facility (CLF)—used CERN's HiRadMat ...

A new generation of gamma-ray detector known as AstroPix will fly aboard the agency’s Fly Foundational Robots mission, ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Scientists may be coming closer to confirming the existence of dark matter - the invisible stuff thought to make up more than a quarter of the cosmos - as they study a ...

Nearly a century after astronomers first proposed dark matter to explain the strange motions of galaxies, scientists may finally be catching a glimpse of it. A University of Tokyo researcher analyzing ...

Researchers reported this week a deadly outbreak of plague in Siberia 5,500 years ago, revealing that Yersinia pestis evolved ...

A decades-old cosmic mystery has finally been cracked: the strange X-rays coming from the bright star gamma-Cas are caused by a hidden stellar companion feeding off it. Using cutting-edge observations ...

This research examines variations in natural radiation, focusing on terrestrial radiation and radon, in relation to weather and location. Understanding fluctuations in gamma and alpha radiation is ...

For the first time, scientists have caught lightning in the act of unleashing a powerful burst of gamma radiation known as a terrestrial gamma-ray flash (TGF). Researchers at the University of Osaka ...