The most luminous kilonova candidate to date (short gamma-ray burst 200522A) was detected using the Hubble Space Telescope, Swift Observatory and other telescopes. A kilonova is a "the afterglow ...

The new era of nuclear power generation greater than the force of the Sun has arrived and is ready for deployment. For the first-time ever, a sustained synthetic quasar has been born on Earth to ...

The new era of nuclear power generation greater than the force of the Sun has arrived and is ready for deployment. For the first-time ever, a sustained synthetic quasar has been born on Earth to perma ...

Beta decay causes the atomic number of the nucleus to increase by one while the mass number remains the same. Gamma ray emission causes no change in the number of particles in the nucleus ...

From a brain-inspired vision chip to an ice core time machine, these were the most important breakthroughs last year, ...

One of those detections was EP240408a, an unusual blast that lit up discussions between astronomers. Zhang and his colleagues ...

Beryllium-10, a rare radioactive isotope produced by cosmic rays in the atmosphere, provides valuable insights into the Earth ...

Astronomers are trying to understand a mysterious cosmic explosion that the Einstein Probe spacecraft spotted in April last year.

Eyes on the Sun: Naked Thallium-205 Ion Decay Reveals History Over Millions of Years Dec. 11, 2024 — The Sun generates its tremendous energy through the process of nuclear fusion. At the same ...

Evgeny Velikhov's many accomplishments in reducing the threat from nuclear weapons—during and after the Cold War—are ...

Gamma-ray bursts are the most energetic explosions in the universe, releasing as much as a quintillion (10 followed by 18 zeroes) times the energy that is radiated by the sun.

Wherever the Tampa Bay Rays' future is, it may not be in the city they've called home for 27 years. In his State of the City address on Tuesday, St. Petersburg, Fla. mayor Ken Welch said the ...