09 January 2017
X-rays from a 'missing link' neutron star could shed light on magnetar mystery
...the other hand have violent, high-energy outbursts of gamma rays and X-rays and have some of the strongest known magnetic fields in ...start off as magnetars and gradually stop outbursting X-rays and gamma rays over time to become normal pulsars. But ...
06 January 2017
NASA selects three new missions to study the early solar system and energetic X-rays from black holes
... to the gravitational, electric and magnetic fields generated by these phenomena can be gleaned from the polarisation of the X-rays they emit. Polarised waves are waves in which the vibrations occur in a single plane as opposed to unpolarised light...
27 July 2020
Radiation-loving fungus could protect astronauts from cosmic rays
... harsh kind and astronauts face being exposed to ionising radiation that is the equivalent of 150 to 6,000 chest x-rays, depending on their length of stay in space. Scientists have found though that certain fungi thrive in high-radiation...
24 January 2018
Scientists uncover common origin for ultrahigh-energy particles
...high-energy neutrinos, ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays, and high-energy gamma rays are roughly comparable tempted us to...astrophysical sources, other mechanisms of high-energy neutrino and gamma-ray production still need to be investigated to rule out (or...
27 October 2021
Astronomers may have detected the first planet outside of the Milky Way
... instead of searching for dips in optical light, Di Stefano and colleagues looked for dips in the brightness of x-rays received from x-ray bright binaries. These luminous systems typically contain a neutron star or black hole pulling in gas from...
03 May 2017
Milky Way dark matter still as elusive as ever
...the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, a team of scientists, including researchers from... cores of collapsed stars that emit light predominantly in gamma-rays and radio waves. "Considering that about 70 percent of all...
