White and green electromagnetic detectors surround mounds of dirt covering instruments to detect muon particles originating from outer space at the Large High-Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) ...

On October 9, 2022, telescopes detected one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever! A gamma-ray burst (GRB) is an extremely energetic and bright explosion observed from distant galaxies and can last ...

A new high-resolution gamma-ray detector system - designed to reveal new details about the structure and inner workings of atomic nuclei, and to elevate our understanding of matter and the stellar ...

Using technology similar to that found in smartphone cameras, NASA scientists are developing upgraded sensors to reveal more details about black hole outbursts and exploding stars — all while being ...

Scientists have developed a game-changing perovskite material that can be used as a cheaper and highly efficient alternative to gamma-ray detectors. Perovskites are materials made up of organic ...

The effort to construct GRETA (Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array), a cutting-edge spherical array of high-purity germanium crystals that will measure gamma-ray signals to reveal new details about the ...

You might think that a nuclear explosion is not something you need a detector for, but clearly not everyone agrees. [Bigcrimping] has not only built one, the BhangmeterV2, but he has its output ...

A strange gamma-ray explosion that fired off repeated bursts from the same patch of sky over roughly seven hours has now been traced to its likely cause: a black hole ripping apart a star that strayed ...

The grizzled asteroid miner is a stock character in science fiction. Now, a couple of recent events — one legal and the other technological — have brought asteroid mining a step closer to reality. The ...

HAIZI MOUNTAIN, ChinaHAIZI MOUNTAIN, China — Astrophysicist Cao Zhen opens a steel hatch on a windswept Tibetan Plateau and climbs down a ladder into inky darkness. His flashlight picks out a boat ...