Cosmic gamma rays are a special probe to investigate sudden cosmic events in the universe. Unlike thermal emission, which ranges from radio to X-rays, cosmic gamma rays are often a direct probe of ...

The two strands of thought in the Congress about how to deal with the Modi government were out in the open at the AICC session here Wednesday, as party leaders discussed the main resolution to be ...

Skygazers are still waiting for the celestial event of the year, when a dance between two stars 3,000 light-years away ends in a massive explosion and creates a new dazzling temporary "star" in the ...

NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope "detected none of the high-energy gamma-ray light" from a nearby supernova. NASA explains. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Three ex-presidents ...

A sample of phlegm will be taken and tested to help figure out the source of the infection. A chest X-ray will likely be performed as well. Chest X-rays take pictures of the lungs, which help ...

The Helix Nebula is a type of planetary nebula. While it appears like a bubble or an eye when viewed from Earth, it's actually a tunnel of glowing gases stretching trillions of miles. At its heart ...

To ensure its preservation, the ARC-Nucléart team irradiated it with gamma rays to eliminate infestations before carrying out conservation and restoration treatments. An IAEA Coordinated Research ...

An under-construction clock tower in Bihar Sharif, a Smart City, is at the centre of a row after social media buzz over shoddy workmanship and claims that it stopped working shortly after inauguration ...

The battery uses a scintillator crystal to transform the intense gamma rays from radioisotopes into electricity and can produce more than a microwatt of power. According to its developers at Ohio ...

X-rays and gamma rays speeding toward Earth. Among the 22 studies and experiments planned for the short mission, one will capture radiation measurements inside the Dragon spacecraft and assess ...

IT has long been known that some of the radio-elements emit a penetrating type of X-rays known as the gamma rays. It is clear that these radiations arising from the nucleus of the radioactive atom ...