The strong currents of air in thunderstorms can cause air and water to shoot up and down very quickly. When this happens, ...

Pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars that emit regular radio wave pulses and beams of magnetic radiation, which can ...

The European Commission recently established a planned gamma-ray observatory as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium, or ERIC, which will expedite the construction of the telescope and ...

The Whipple Observatory is home to some of the world’s most advanced astronomical instruments, including the VERITAS (Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System) gamma ray ...

Rings of dust that evidence the BOAT, as seen by the XMM-Newton Observatory. Image: ESA/XMM-Newton/M. Rigoselli (INAF) The gamma-ray burst, affectionately dubbed ‘BOAT’ (Brightest of All Time ...

Second was the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, focused on the gamma and X-ray areas of the spectrum, which lasted from 1991 to 1999. The Spitzer Space Telescope launched in 2003 and was dedicated ...

The BOOTES 6 telescope at the Boyden Observatory. Picture: Supplied. “By observing the optical afterglow of the gamma-ray bursts, we can establish its point of origin in space. Furthermore ...

In the recent paper, which was posted to the preprint server arxiv.org and is under review at Physical Review Letters, researchers with the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory ...

Michigan Technological University is a key contributor to construction planning for the Southern Wide-Field Gamma Ray Observatory (SWGO), a groundbreaking facility that will enable researchers to ...

Along with the Hubble Space Telescope and now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope and Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, Chandra is one of NASA’s “Great Observatories” launched near the turn of the ...