How common are Earth-like planets in the universe? When I started working on supernova explosions, I never imagined that my ...

Beyond better testing, we need better protection. Physical shields seem like the obvious first defense. Hydrogen-rich materials such as polyethylene and water-absorbing hydrogels can slow charged ...

High-energy cosmic rays errors possibly created a soft error, known as a "bit flip," in the onboard avionics of the Airbus ...

Using naturally occurring muons, researchers are embarking on a non-invasive quest to scan the interior of El Castillo.

New high-resolution images show that novae are anything but simple stellar fireworks. One exploded with multiple gas streams ...

Human missions to Mars are edging closer to reality, but the physics of deep space is not cooperating. Outside Earth’s magnetic cocoon, astronauts would be bombarded by high‑energy particles that can ...

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

Among the more puzzling cosmic phenomena discovered over the past few decades are brief and very bright flashes of blue and ultraviolet light that gradually fade away, leaving behind faint X-ray and ...

The team will deploy muography - a non-invasive imaging technique that harnesses cosmic rays - to search for hidden chambers within El Castillo pyramid at Chichén Itzá, Mexico. The groundbreaking ...

The Linac Coherent Light Source in California has been firing record-breaking X-ray pulses for years, but now it’s due for a ...

Gravitational wave observatories have been studying black holes that are in the right range to be the source of these LFBOTs.