Gamma-ray
Gamma-ray flashes from plasma filaments
The typical wavelength of light interacting with an object of the microcosm scales with the size of this object. For atoms, this ranges from visible light to…
HAWC Gamma-ray Observatory reveals new look at the very-high-energy sky
The United States and Mexico constructed the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-ray Observatory to observe some of the most energetic phenomena in the…
Astronomers found a star with a record variation period
The Lomonosov Moscow State University astronomers who created a global network of robotelescopes MASTER detected that a bright star TYC 2505-672-1 has actually…
NASA missions monitor a waking black hole
The outburst came from V404 Cygni, a binary system located about 8,000 light-years away that contains a black hole. Every couple of decades the black hole…
Observed by Texas telescope: Light from huge explosion 12 billion years ago reaches Earth
Intense light from the enormous explosion of a star more than 12 billion years ago — shortly after the Big Bang — recently reached Earth and was visible in the…
Violent gamma-ray outbursts near supermassive black holes
A team led by Lars Fuhrmann from MPIfR Bonn, performed intensive, multi-frequency radio observations with some of the best single-dish radio telescopes in…