Gamma-ray astronomy is a research area focused on the observation, analysis, and interpretation of the universe in the gamma-ray portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, typically above ~100 keV. It investigates high-energy astrophysical processes such as particle acceleration, non-thermal radiation mechanisms, and nuclear transitions in environments including supernova remnants, pulsars, active galactic nuclei, gamma-ray bursts, and the Galactic Center. The field relies on space-based telescopes and ground-based air-shower or Cherenkov detectors, using techniques such as spectral analysis, timing studies, and imaging to constrain models of cosmic-ray production, magnetohydrodynamic processes, relativistic jets, and potential signatures of dark matter annihilation or decay.
Today, the European Space Agency's gamma-ray telescope ends its observations. During its 22 years in space, Integral has reshaped our view of the most dramatic events in the universe. The high-energy observatory played a ...
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At the start of the year, the European Commission established the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC), furthering its mission to become the world's largest ...
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At the start of the year, the European Commission established the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC), furthering its mission to become the world's largest ...
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Using NASA's Fermi space telescope, Italian astronomers have observed a radio source known as 3C 216. As a result, they detected increased gamma-ray activity from this source, including a strong outburst. The finding is reported ...
The long-awaited detection of gravitational waves has opened up a whole new world of astronomy. One of the key efforts is now to tie signals across multiple domains—for example, a gravitational wave and the associated electromagnetic ...
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Five telescopes of the H.E.S.S.-collaboration in Namibia are used to study cosmic radiation, especially gamma radiation. With data from 10 years of observations, researchers have now been able to detect cosmic electrons and ...
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An international team of researchers has uncovered evidence that astrophysics models of massive stars and supernovae are inconsistent with observational gamma-ray astronomy.
General Physics
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Recent findings from the International Space Station address wound healing, fine motor control in space, and radiation resistance by the station's Glowbug gamma-ray telescope.
Space Exploration
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At the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory, 13,000 feet above sea level on the Sierra Negra volcano of Mexico, researchers are getting a look into a violent mystery in the Milky Way galaxy. An international research ...
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Modern astronomy has clung to the belief that the relativistic outflows or jets, responsible for the existence of electromagnetic radiation of particularly high energies, are located in the nuclei of active galaxies distant ...
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