Gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful kinds of explosions known in the cosmos, may help provide a piece of the puzzle when it ...

opening the possibility that the gamma ray burst it would unleash upon exploding could barrage our planet with deadly radiation in the not-so-distant — on a cosmic scale, at least — future.

Kilonova explosions from neutron star collisions may damage atmospheres and threaten life if nearby, according to a new study ...

They worked on this project with the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK). This multipurpose detector is ...

The University of Jyväskylä (Finland), in collaboration with the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), has ...

[Dosimeter] - Ultrafast sensitive scintillation detector [Spectrometry] - Spectrum analyzer and isotope identifier 9-10% (FWHM) for Cs-137 [Radiation mapping] - Create tracks with Google Maps or ...

An international team of astronomers reports the detection of four new gamma-ray millisecond pulsars using ... emitting a beam of electromagnetic radiation. The most rapidly rotating pulsars ...

The wave-length and quantum energy of many of the stronger lines in the complicated gamma ray spectrum have been ... with certainty the origin of this radiation. It was at first supposed that ...

The origin and the central engine of GRBs have long been pending for identification. Now a joint observation by LEIA and ...

Researchers exposed two lichen species to Mars-like atmospheric conditions for five hours—and one performed impressively.