Rare Molecule Created in the Lab for the First Time
Physicists at University of California, Riverside have created a rare molecule in the lab, positronium, that could eventually aid in fusion power generation or gamma ray…
View ArticleThe Real-life Death Star
Friends of the Dark Side, your time may soon be at hand. It seems we have a literal death star aiming in our general direction. The culprit is part of a binary star…
View ArticleFermi Space Telescope Captures Glimpse of Space-Time
NASA's Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope spent a year collecting data from a thousand gamma ray sources and came up with this, the best map to date of the extreme universe. It…
View ArticleFermi Telescope Detects Antimatter in Lightning Storms
Whilst carrying out its normal workaday duties of scanning corners of the universe billions of light years from Earth, the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope has made a discovery that hits decidedly...
View ArticleNearby T Pyxidis Supernova Could Destroy Life on Earth
Doomsdayers and 2012 blog-keepers, take note. Astronomers at this week's American Astronomical Society meeting revealed that a massive white dwarf star in the throes of multiple nova is much closer to...
View ArticleGalaxy Closeup Reveals Best-Ever Snapshot of Black Hole Jets
A gigantic black hole at the center of one of the Milky Way’s close neighbors is spewing jets of material into the cosmos, hurling gamma rays and radio waves into…
View ArticleBuilding a Rodent-Sized, Wearable Brain-Imaging Device
I'm an instrument builder, mostly, and I work on positron-emission-tomography devices: PET. Doctors use them to look for cancer, but neuroscientists use them too. In studies…
View ArticleBuilding a Massive Neutrino Hunter Beneath the Mediterranean
Neutrinos may or may not move faster than light, but regardless, they're special little things. They speed through the planet, and through you, and through everything; but,…
View ArticleScientists Discover Evidence Of Dark Lightning
,"migrated":true}]]Though its name sounds better suited to fantasy or sci-fi, researchers have recently gathered evidence that something called dark lightning exists, the …
View ArticleBig Pic: Lightning As Seen From The International Space Station
,"migrated":true}]]Zeus's work looks pretty impressive from this viewpoint, doesn't it? But humankind's city lights look just as fiery.An International Space Station Expedition 38 crewmember took this...
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Brazil May Zap Mosquitoes With Gamma Rays To Combat Zika
Jan Gott/picture-alliance/dpa/AP ImagesSterilizing Insects To Combat DiseasesNet cages containing mosquitos pictured in the secured rooms of the Insect Pest Control at the International Atomic Energy...
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The Real-life Death Star
Technology Not to freak you out, but there's a gamma ray-blasting stellar mass pointed in your direction Friends of the Dark Side, your time may soon be at hand. It seems we have a literal death star...
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Fermi Space Telescope Captures Glimpse of Space-Time
Technology NASA's Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope has observed more than one thousand separate sources of gamma rays NASA's Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope spent a year collecting data from a thousand...
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Fermi Telescope Detects Antimatter in Lightning Storms
Science Whilst carrying out its normal workaday duties of scanning corners of the universe billions of light years from Earth, the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope has made a… Whilst carrying out its...
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Nearby T Pyxidis Supernova Could Destroy Life on Earth
Technology Doomsdayers and 2012 blog-keepers, take note. Astronomers at this week's American Astronomical Society meeting revealed that a massive white dwarf star in the throes of… Doomsdayers and...
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Galaxy Closeup Reveals Best-Ever Snapshot of Black Hole Jets
Science A black hole with a mass of 55 million suns A gigantic black hole at the center of one of the Milky Way’s close neighbors is spewing jets of material into the cosmos, hurling gamma rays and...
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Building a Rodent-Sized, Wearable Brain-Imaging Device
Technology I'm an instrument builder, mostly, and I work on positron-emission-tomography devices: PET. Doctors use them to look for cancer, but neuroscientists use them too. In studies… I'm an...
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Building a Massive Neutrino Hunter Beneath the Mediterranean
Technology The second-biggest structure in human history will seek to answer deep cosmic mysteries Neutrinos may or may not move faster than light, but regardless, they're special little things. They...
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Scientists Discover Evidence Of Dark Lightning
Science Thunderstorms may emit invisible dark lightning alongside ordinary lightning. Though its name sounds better suited to fantasy or sci-fi, researchers have recently gathered evidence that...
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Big Pic: Lightning As Seen From The International Space Station
Technology Nature's work vies with humans' city lights. Zeus's work looks pretty impressive from this viewpoint, doesn't it? But humankind's city lights look just as fiery. An International Space...
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