April 2018
Developing Mars
... protoplanetary debris field should show clearly in a rare-metal survey. The enterprising space miner might deploy a gamma-ray spectrometer in Mars orbit to create detailed rare-metal survey maps, with resolution comparable to existing lunar resource...
13 January 2016
High-energy theory models questioned as neutron star produces most energetic pulsed emission radiation ever detected
... was first observed in 2011 by the Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) observatory and the Very Energetic ...the emission, generally observed to consist of radio and X-ray beams. This type of radiation is traditionally thought to...
28 April 2016
Rocket Launch from Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome Successful
... in the non-navigable waters of the Pacific Ocean. The Lomonosov satellite's objective is the observation of gamma-ray bursts, high-energy cosmic rays and transient phenomena in the Earth's upper atmosphere. The main instrument on board is the TUS...
26 July 2019
Three massive black holes caught in the act of merging
... light to be emitted as high-energy radiation such as gamma-rays and x-rays, and the output can be so bright it makes the...comprehensive new observations with the Hubble Space telescope, Chandra X-ray, and the Very Large Array (VLA) located in central...
February 2016
Nuclear Flashlamps in Space
... anything nearby. The nuclear reactions at the heart of the explosion release a burst of radiation of every kind: gamma rays and X-rays, which are very high energy particles (photons) of light, as well as lots of less energetic light in ultraviolet...
June 2017
Bepi-Colombo will unveil Mercury’s secrets
... measure the topography and surface morphology of Mercury. Instruments include the Mercury Gamma-ray and Neutron Spectrometer (MGNS), the Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer (MIXS) and the Search for Exosphere Refilling and Emitted Neutral Abundances...
