Scientists traced a mysterious surge of low-energy gamma rays from zinc-70 to magnetic changes occurring inside its nucleus. The breakthrough could improve models of how stars, supernovae, and neutron ...

In 2016, a binary star system emitting unusually strong gamma rays was discovered in our galactic neighborhood. Now, astronomers have found the smoking gun, or rather, a smoking trail of cool ...

Understanding the origin, acceleration and propagation of high-energy cosmic rays has been a century-old mystery in astrophysics. Recently, joint observations from China's Einstein Probe (EP) ...

For decades, scientists have puzzled over why certain atomic nuclei unexpectedly produce large numbers of low-energy gamma rays. A new experiment traced the effect to magnetic changes inside the ...

Non-ionizing radiation like heat and light from the sun. Ionizing radiation like radiation from natural radioactive materials or cosmic rays. We are continuously exposed to both types of radiation ...

NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope discovered that thunderstorms on Earth produce antimatter. These storms also produce gamma radiation, which personally makes me rethink why airplanes fly through ...