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

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 ...

Research done at a mountaintop cosmic-ray observatory in Armenia has shed new light on how thunderstorms can create flashes ...

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

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 ...

Soil water resources are crucial for hydrological processes and ecosystem functions on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. However, ...

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

The Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment (MACE) observatory, Asia's largest imaging Cherenkov telescope, was inaugurated in ...

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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