Gamma rays are high-energy photons produced by some of the most violent events in the universe. ... Particle Physics Why scientists are so excited about the highest-energy 'ghost particle' ever seen.

But if gamma-rays are just a form of light, don't they have to travel at light-speed? Newsletters Games Share a News Tip. Featured. ... The particle interacts with the medium, ...

With the help of special telescopes, researchers have observed a cosmic particle accelerator as never before. Observations made with the gamma ray observatory H.E.S.S. in Namibia show for the ...

Study finds direct link between correlated errors in multiple qubits and the activity of subatomic particles and gamma rays.

Gamma rays It's not easy to imagine how high the frequency of a high-energy gamma ray is. ... On Earth, they originate from the decay of radioactive elements and within particle accelerators, ...

NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has been mapping out the high-energy sky for several years. Here, Fermi scientists list 10 of their favorite gamma ray sources, from supernovas to black ...

Gamma rays are the highest energy form of light. The rainbow of visible light that we are most familiar with is just part of a far broader spectrum of light, the electromagnetic spectrum.Past the ...

Radio Imaging of the Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray emission region in the Central Engine of a Radio Galaxy. Science , 24 July 2009; 325 (5939), 444-448 DOI: 10.1126/science.1175406 Begelman M ...

And along came a more perplexing weather phenomenon, too: The thunderstorm turned into a particle accelerator and blasted gamma radiation at the ground.

Uranium ore that miners dig up is relatively harmless. But it contains tiny amounts of a rare radioactive isotope, Uranium ...