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NASA missions detect ‘exceptional’ cosmic blast from birth of new black hole

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[ad_1] An unusually bright and long-lasting pulse of radiation swept over our planet on Sunday, October 9, according to NASA. This cosmic blast came from a “gamma-ray burst,” (GRB) which is one of the most powerful kinds of explosions in the universe. As the wave of X-rays and gamma rays passed through the solar system, […]

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Scientists use NASA’s Fermi data to find source of extreme high-energy cosmic particles

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[ad_1] Thanks to a study that used 12 years of data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, scientists are finally getting close to accurately identifying PeVatrons, the source of some of the highest energy particles that whip across our galaxy. The study has been documented in a research article published in Physical Review Letters. Streams […]

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