The Chandra X-ray Observatory is the darling of high-energy astrophysics. Famed for providing unequaled x-ray views of ...

When stars explode as supernovas, they can cause serious cosmic carnage. Is Earth in any danger from any nearby stars?

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Between 2018 and 2019, we observed the first 28 cycles of a fast radio burst coming from ultra-deep space. Astronomers estimated that the object it came from was approximately five hundred million ...

From Superman’s hometown to Chicago’s comic book havens, Illinois is a superhero fan’s paradise. These attractions prove that ...

Scientists have long known that thunderstorms can produce gamma rays, extremely high-energy light that is more often associated with astrophysical phenomena, such as exploding stars and matter ...

An international research team co-led by Los Alamos National Laboratory observed ultrahigh-energy gamma rays at more than 100 teraelectron volts, tracking their origin to the galactic center for ...

An observatory high in the mountains of Mexico has recorded repeated emission of some of the highest-energy gamma rays ever recorded from a single point close to the galactic center. The nature of ...