Space largely seems quite empty! Yet even in the dark voids of the cosmos, ultra-high-energy cosmic rays are streaming through…
Earth is naked without its protective barrier. The planet's magnetic shield surrounds Earth and shelters it from the natural onslaught…
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Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are one of the most powerful phenomena in the Universe and something that astronomers have been studying…
"Oh My God," someone must have said in 1991 when researchers detected the most energetic cosmic ray ever to strike…
New research from Japan has shown how cosmic ray air showers could be studied to learn more about the nature…
China is building a new neutrino detector named TRIDENT, the Tropical Deep-sea Neutrino Telescope. They're building it in the South…
Researchers from CERN's ALICE Collaboration have come up with a new way to search for Dark Matter: look for anti-helium-3…
Trees are like sentinels that preserve a record of shifting climates. Their growth rings hold that history and dendrochronology studies…
The world has a robust, accurate timekeeping system that regulates our clocks. Humanity uses it for everything we do, from…