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- Telescopes Unite in Unprecedented Observations of Famous Black Hole Thu, 15 Apr 21, 7:00pm“We knew that the first direct image of a black hole would be groundbreaking,” said Kazuhiro Hada of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, a co-author of a new study being published in The Astrophysical Journal...
- Recent solar flare seen bombarding Earth with gamma rays Fri, 16 Mar 12, 3:57amFrom the “Oh noes it’s Radiation” department, Dr. Leif Svalgaard points out we all got a gamma ray bath on that recent big solar flare. I wonder how many Banana Equivalent Doses we all got? Solar Flare in...
- Thunderstorms proven to create antimatter Tue, 11 Jan 11, 12:34pmThunderstorms have been shown to create positrons and send them to space. As the late, great, Johnny Carson of the Tonight Show used to say, “That is some weird, wild, stuff“. NASA’s Fermi Catches Thunderstorms...
- Most energetic particles ever from a celestial object Sat, 8 Jan 11, 7:28pmOur last story was about crabs, so is this one. I’m sure we’ll figure out a way to work in lobsters soon too. From the Stanford Linear ACcellerator Lab (SLAC): Fermi’s Large Area Telescope Sees Surprising...