Solar physicists say they have found a key source of intense gamma rays unleashed when Earth's nearest star produces its most ...

It’s the greatest cosmic murder mystery of the year: How did a black hole destroy a star—and what kind of black hole is the culprit? Normally, so-called “gamma ray bursts,” sudden flashes of extremely ...

A space explosion detected this summer burned for days on end, making it the longest and most unusual gamma-ray burst ever seen. Gamma-ray bursts are the universe’s most powerful explosions. They ...

On July 2, 2025, NASA satellites detected an extraordinary gamma-ray burst (GRB) that persisted for multiple days, setting a record for duration among known cosmic explosions. Named GRB 250702B, the ...

Taiwan has become the world's top supplier of medical displays and X-ray sensors as AUO and Innolux accelerate expansion in healthcare technologies and boost shipments to global customers. Shih-Hong ...

Nearly a century after astronomers first proposed dark matter to explain the strange motions of galaxies, scientists may finally be catching a glimpse of it. A University of Tokyo researcher analyzing ...

A new study says observations from the NASA Fermi space telescope suggest a halo of dark matter around the center of our galaxy, but more information is needed to confirm the result. When you purchase ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: For nearly a century, scientists have been searching for direct evidence of dark matter—one of the key missing pieces of our theoretical ...

An unexplained glow that appears to emanate throughout the Milky Way’s outer regions could be our first hint of what dark matter is made of, but astronomers say it is too early to know for sure. Dark ...

Aspen McKee, a graduate of Polson High School class of 2023, recently earned the Montana Learning Center Awards Founders’ Scholarship. McKee is a longtime camper, counselor and staff member at the ...