There's too much antimatter in cosmic rays, showers of charged particles that pelt Earth. Could this be explained by ...

One of the great challenges of modern cosmology is to reveal the nature of dark matter. We know it exists (it constitutes ...

A type of binary-system known as a microquasar has been found to be firing out γ-rays at high energy-levels, which may make ...

The electrical effects of a thunderstorm are not confined just to high up in the atmosphere. Close to the ground, Earth's ...

Radioactive materials are elements that spontaneously break apart, or “decay,” into lighter elements over time. Radiation is ...

Geologists can use cosmic rays from outer space to piece together the timing of past geologic events, like volcanic eruptions and glaciations. But how does this work? It turns out that rocks, like ...

When lightning strikes, the electrons come pouring down. In a new study, researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, ...

Expected antideuteron flux produced from the interactions of cosmic rays (high-energy particles in the Galaxy, mainly protons and helium) with the gas in the interstellar medium. These are compared ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope has spotted the cosmic serial killer that, like Michael Myers, is back for a sequel, ...

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