When stars explode as supernovas, they can cause serious cosmic carnage. Is Earth in any danger from any nearby stars?

Scientists from the CNRS, a consortium of German universities, and the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik working at the H.E.S.S. observatory have recently identified electrons and positrons with the ...

IN order to explain the curious behaviour of lightning flashes the possibility should be kept in mind of a connexion between a lightning discharge and the cosmic rays. When penetrating particles ...

Researchers use the H.E.S.S. Observatory to overcome the challenge of detecting high-energy cosmic-ray electrons and ...

NASA’s Chandra and Hubble reveal the Guitar Nebula, sculpted by pulsar PSR B2224+65. A cosmic marvel showcasing pulsar winds, ...

DURING the examination of about three thousand cosmic stars in Ilford G5 plates 200µ thick, exposed at balloon altitude, we observed in several cases two prongs of comparable length, making a ...

Coordinated by editors Paola Scampoli and Akitaka Ariga, Cosmic Ray Muography provides an invaluable snapshot of a booming ...