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A new study from a team of Japanese researchers has shown that matter-antimatter annihilations happen as a result of lightning…
The ASTRI telescope - a prototype for a new type of gamma-ray telescope located on Mount Etna, Siciliy - just…
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Over two years ago, the Fermi-LAT Collaboration observed an "ear and eye opening" event - the exact location where a…
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