A Japanese team has conducted a pioneering study on terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs). These events, although brief, ...

A rare and extraordinary event has been captured by researchers in Japan, revealing that lightning on Earth can produce gamma ...

The strong currents of air in thunderstorms can cause air and water to shoot up and down very quickly. When this happens, ...

Quasars are awe-inspiring – among the brightest objects in the Universe, behind gamma-ray bursts and supernovae ... holding a hand in front of your eyes when someone is shining a flashlight right at ...

A view from a retrofitted spy plane soaring at 20 kilometers up revealed storms glowing and flickering in gamma rays, high-energy light invisible to the eye. Ten flights with the plane ...

To create the ultimate laser, a number of research teams are pursuing technology that could maintain coherent gamma rays, the most energetic form of light in our universe. If we could produce ...

When faraway stars explode, they send out flashes of energy called gamma-ray bursts that are bright enough that telescopes back on Earth can detect them. Studying these pulses, which can also come ...

"It's like focusing a flashlight's beam into a narrow column ... "In fact, this was one of the narrowest jets seen for a gamma-ray burst so far, which gives us a hint as to why the afterglow ...

"It's like focusing a flashlight's beam into a narrow column ... "In fact, this was one of the narrowest jets seen for a gamma-ray burst so far, which gives us a hint as to why the afterglow ...

The first gamma-ray bursts were detected accidentally by ... "It's like focusing a flashlight's beam into a narrow column, as opposed to a broad beam that washes across a whole wall," co-author ...