Eight gamma-ray bursts detected by the French-Chinese SVOM satellite are puzzling astronomers. Each one produced an X-ray ...

A reanalysis of cosmic gamma-ray measurements found no evidence of the tested departures from Lorentz invariance. The researchers tightened limits on specific photon-sector parameters by about a ...

An instrument built to study cosmic rays has turned out to be a powerful tool for investigating thunderstorms. Earlier ...

Around 11 billion years ago, the Universe experienced a period of peak activity known as the ‘Cosmic noon’, characterised by ...

Since the launch of the Einstein Probe space telescope in January 2024, astronomers have spotted mysterious flashes of light ...

An instrument built half a world away from any meteorological laboratory, designed to catch particles arriving from deep space, has become one of the most powerful tools available for probing the ...

For decades, astronomers have identified collisions between two neutron stars through bursts of gamma rays that can disappear in less than two seconds. But some of these violent encounters may also ...

A mysterious flash from a distant galaxy may have revealed what happens when two dead stars collide. Astronomers say the ...

The usual way to study cosmic rainstorms is by placing hundreds of specialized cameras across several miles of land. Together, these cameras act as one telescope. One of the biggest is the Telescope ...