Researchers just created the world's first image of a terrestrial gamma-ray burst, one of the most mysterious and energetic events on Earth.

The image portrays how the Earth is constantly bombarded by particles from space. These particles, called cosmic rays, hit our atmosphere and produce the gamma-ray light high above the Earth.

After years of rumors, Madonna has formally announced Veronica Electronica, a collection of rare and unreleased remixes from her 1998 album, Ray of Light. It’s out July 25 via Warner.

Computer game graphics could soon be much more realistic thanks to research at the University of Saarland, Germany. At the tech-fair Cebit, a team from the university demonstrated a lighting technique ...

A new image by the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals an unidentified celestial object, dubbed C4, getting blasted by a jet of energetic particles, raising questions about its identity.

This multiwavelength image of the Cloverleaf ORC (odd radio circle) combines visible light observations from the DESI (Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument) Legacy Survey in white and yellow, X ...

The Chandra X-ray Observatory marked its 25th anniversary with a release of never-before-seen images. But budget cuts may cause the observatory’s days to be numbered.

This image of the Helix Nebula, released on March 4, 2025, shows a potentially destructive white dwarf at the nebula's center; this star may have destroyed a planet. This has never been seen ...

Einstein Probe, which is the new Chinese–European X-ray mission, has revealed its first widescreen views of the universe.

With the Ray of Light Mosque, ZEST architecture has sought to design a modern mosque where men and women can pray together in one space, while respecting the need for a certain degree of separation.

NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) will study black holes and exploded stars. Its first target is a powerful supernova.