Kinky particles: the GRAPES-3 experiment in Ooty, India depicted with a simulated cosmic ray shower. The inset shows the cosmic ray proton spectrum measurement by GRAPES-3 along with observations by ...

Chinese researchers have identified black holes as the likely source of the high-energy component of the cosmic-ray “knee.” Milestone findings released on November 16 by the Large High Altitude Air Sh ...

For decades, a sharp kink in the energy spectrum of particles raining down from space has taunted astrophysicists, hinting at powerful engines in our Galaxy but refusing to reveal their identity. Now ...

Long-term study The HESS observatory in Namibia has made a “unique measurement” of the electron and positron cosmic ray spectrum. (Courtesy: Klepser/DESY/HESS collaboration/CC BY-SA 3.0) A new ...

Galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) are energetic particles traveling across the Galaxy as high-energy beams, and are a unique probe to explore the astrophysical particle accelerators and the interstellar ...

Researchers have succeeded in the direct, high-precision measurements of cosmic-ray electron spectrum up to 4.8 TeV, based on observations with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET).

Astronomers have worked out the colour of the Universe — and it's a shade between aquamarine and a pale turquoise. This is the colour resulting from a 'census' of light from 166,000 galaxies, captured ...

It is a bit tamer than you might imagine. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When you look up at the night sky, it's easy to think ...

In January, two astronomers captured the world’s fascination when they announced that the universe’s collective color is a pale shade of green. However, this cosmic tint didn’t sit right with some ...

The Universe may appear like a vast expanse of darkness but the average colour is actually beige, according to scientists. They studied the colour of light emitted by 200,000 galaxies to see what the ...