Observations made by researchers using a National Science Foundation (NSF) detector at the South Pole and verified by ground- and space-based telescopes have produced the first evidence of one source ...

China’s Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO)–one of the country’s key national science and technology infrastructure facilities–has found a dozen ultra-high-energy (UHE) cosmic ...

Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) achieved the first direct laboratory observation of ion acceleration through reflection off laser-generated magnetized ...

The Auger collaboration, which operates a cosmic ray observatory spanning 3000 km 2 (~1158 sq mi) in the Argentine Andes, announces the observation of an unexpected structure in the spectrum of ...

Our planet has recently been struck by an extraordinary burst of cosmic rays, demonstrating an intensity level that is unparalleled in recorded history. As we delve into the specifics of this event, ...

LHAASO has uncovered that micro-quasars, black holes feeding on companion stars, are powerful PeV particle accelerators. Their jets produce ultra-high-energy gamma rays and protons that exceed ...

Many massive stars explode as supernovae. If cosmic-ray baths are common in such environments, then the thermal histories that shaped Earth's interior may be common as well. This realization has ...

Scientists have come a step closer to understanding how collisionless shock waves—found throughout the universe—are able to accelerate particles to extreme speeds. The research, published in Nature ...

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