The mission — known as Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations, or PUEO — lifted off Dec. 20, 2025, from NASA’s launch ...

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Researchers have identified a newly recognized type of extremely energetic particles located in the Sun’s upper atmosphere, revealing a phenomenon that had not been detected before. Solar scientists r ...

"It's astonishing to find such a strong radio signal at this distance." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A vast cloud of energetic ...

A burst of high-energy radiation has struck Spain’s newest military communications satellite, jolting a flagship program that ...

Demonstration of statistical analysis for 3D polarization results with the initial 23 μs of Flash 1 (19:52:38). (a) Orientation distribution in AZ (−180°–180°) and ZE (0°–90°) for random pairs of 2D ...

"WIMPs are still the leading candidate for dark matter, but billions of dollars of experiments have been done, only getting ...

The CosmicWatch device costs only $100 to make, making it accessible for both high school students and spacecraft operators.

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The source of potentially hazardous solar particles, released from the Sun at high speed during storms in its outer atmosphere, has been located for the first time by researchers at UCL and George ...

MELBOURNE, FLA.—Florida Institute of Technology researchers are trying to solve one of the great mysteries in nature: how thunderstorms make lightning. Because, in principle, lightning is a big spark ...