For the first time, scientists have watched high‑energy cosmic rays at work deep inside a thick cloud of gas, not just at its outer surface. Using the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory (HAWC), ...

Where starlight doesn't reach, new things are born: For the first time, an international research team has directly measured the effect of cosmic radiation in a cold molecular cloud. The observation ...

An international team of scientists has discovered a gamma-ray “heartbeat” in a cosmic gas cloud in the constellation Aquila. The scientists say the heartbeat is ...

Two objects, a cosmic cloud of gas and a supermassive black hole, are simultaneously separated by 100 light-years and united by something spectacular — a distinct heartbeat. An international team of ...

A team of astronomers are, in a manner of speaking, on cloud nine after discovering a never-before-seen astronomical object in the distant universe. The starless cloud composed of dark matter, ...

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