March 2018
Exploring the extreme universe
... possible to study photons with infrared, ultraviolet, X-ray and gamma-ray wavelengths in the wake of the rocket era, ...mission dedicated to the study of the non-thermal Universe in the gamma-ray photon energy range from 0.3 MeV to 3 GeV (six to nine...
July 2017
Hunting for neutrinos in the ice of Antarctica
...neutrinos are linked to ultra-high energy cosmic rays and these rays are the most energetically charged particles known ... been postulated that a fraction of these charged cosmic rays will interact with the cosmic microwave background, the ubiquitous...
August 2019
Lessons from the Sun
... High Frequency (HF) radio signals blocked. Ground-based monitors revealed that other cosmic messengers (galactic cosmic rays) were not arriving as expected and observers realised that a very large interplanetary structure capable of deflecting them...
11 January 2021
Strange star unlike any seen before, scientists say
...anything seen before. Not only is it a new kind of x-ray source, the star has record breaking wind speeds and is mostly...captured matter falls onto the surface of the white dwarf, x-rays are generated as the accelerating gas heats up to several million...
11 January 2019
Birth of a black hole possibly captured for first time
... explosion ensues. Most notable is the emittance of high-energy X-rays that gradually fade as the stellar explosion loses energy. However AT2018cow... from the rest. Not only were low-energy X-Rays still visible from within AT2018cow, but the data also...
April 2020
Protecting against the dangers of space radiation
...flares (solar particle events); and galactic cosmic rays, which are high-energy protons and heavy ... around 12 m of water would be needed to stop galactic cosmic rays, which is a significant protective layer to provide. Personalised programmes Another ...
