Get up to speed on gamma rays, the radiation responsible for creating the Red Hulk in Captain America: Brave New World.

Highly energetic explosions in the sky are commonly attributed to gamma-ray bursts. We now understand that these bursts originate from either the ...

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An international research network has observed a cosmic neutrino with a record-breaking energy in the depths of the Mediterranean. Würzburg ...

In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...

In 2023, this “Citizen Science” column focused on distinguishing science from pseudoscience; in 2024, we sought to demystify ...