By tracing solar flare gamma rays, scientists gain new insight into particle behavior that shapes space weather forecasts.

"WIMPs are still the leading candidate for dark matter, but billions of dollars of experiments have been done, only getting ...

Solar physicists say they have found a key source of intense gamma rays unleashed when Earth's nearest star produces its most ...

Researchers have identified a newly recognized type of extremely energetic particles located in the Sun’s upper atmosphere, revealing a phenomenon that had not been detected before. Solar scientists r ...

Combining advanced stellar models with data from the ESA’s Gaia telescope, they not only gave a clearer picture but also ...

You can't see, feel, hear, taste or smell them, but tiny particles from space are constantly raining down on us.

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NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered a faint but sprawling glow of high-energy light around a nearby pulsar. If visible to the human eye, this gamma-ray “halo” would appear about 40 ...