Observations from high-flying aircraft revealed that thunderclouds act as natural particle accelerators, emitting energetic ...

A powerful cosmic event from 2004—a gamma-ray burst from a magnetar 30,000 light-years away—has just been revealed as a major ...

Their findings revealed that thunderstorms produce gamma radiation far more often than previously thought, and the mechanisms behind this radiation remain full of unanswered questions.

When you think of a radiation detector, you’re probably thinking of a Geiger tube and its high voltage circuitry. That isn’t the only way to measure gamma radiation, though, and [Alan] has a ...

A sudden, record-breaking gamma-ray burst lit up the cosmos—leaving scientists stunned and searching for answers. the ...

Like ultraviolet radiation and X-rays, gamma rays can kill microorganisms and are used to sterilize food and other objects, such as medical instruments and equipment. Gamma radiation is also a ...

The Milky Way, our home galaxy, is part of a different supercluster called Laniakea, which, at 500 million light-years wide, ...

Many diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals clear rapidly from the body, and have radionuclides with a gamma emission only, and a short half-life. Therapy radionuclides, on the other hand, are designed to ...