NASA’s StarBurst instrument is several steps closer to being ready for launch. The small satellite is now awaiting instrument ...

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NASA's StarBurst instrument outside a thermal vacuum chamber at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, ...

Scientists are testing a new robotic technology to help farmers quickly assess soil health in the United Kingdom. A gamma ray detector, developed by a local Cornish company, is being used to map soil ...

Gamma-ray detectors constitute an essential tool in many scientific and industrial applications, ranging from environmental monitoring and nuclear medicine to safeguards verification. Central to their ...

Berkeley – Astronomers around the world recorded late last year the brightest explosion ever of high-energy X-rays and gamma rays – a split-second flash from the other side of our galaxy that was ...

Astronomers have employed the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) to observe a mysterious gamma-ray emitting source designated HESS J1857+026. Results of the ...

In 2022, astronomers discovered the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) of all time. Now, astronomers confirm that a 'normal' supernova, the telltale sign of a stellar collapse, accompanied the GRB. The ...

Down here at the bottom of our ocean of air, it’s easy to get complacent about the hazards our universe presents. We feel safe from the dangers of the vacuum of space, where radiation sizzles and ...