Study reveals that high-energy cosmic rays are born in magnetic fields during neutron star mergers, a prelude to black holes.

More information: Luca Comisso et al, Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays Accelerated by Magnetically Dominated Turbulence, The ...

The most powerful cosmic-ray electrons and positrons ever detected slamming into Earth's atmosphere carry energies so high they can only have come from relatively close by, new research has revealed.

A groundbreaking new survey from China’s LHAASO observatory has unveiled powerful ultrahigh-energy gamma-ray emissions across ...

Scientists convert Earth's magnetic field collapse from 41,000 years ago into chilling audio, revealing ancient cosmic ...

Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...

The discovery of a new cosmic object signaling Earth is causing a firestorm at NASA, as scientists don't know how to explain ...

A rainstorm gathers over the Los Alamos National Laboratory campus. Photo Courtesy LANL BY XUAN-MIN SHAOLos Alamos National ...

Astronomers have discovered the most distant mini-halo ever seen—10 billion light-years away—revealing that galaxy clusters ...

Astronomers have smashed the record for the largest-known cloud of energetic particles discovered surrounding a galactic cluster—and the find could shake up established physics. The cluster in ...

Ultra-high energy cosmic rays, which emerge in extreme astrophysical environments—like the roiling environments near black holes and neutron stars—have far more energy than the energetic ...