Astronomers studying archival observations of powerful explosions called short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have detected light patterns indicating the brief existence of a superheavy neutron star shortly ...
COSI is a NASA Small Explorer (SMEX) satellite mission scheduled for launch in 2027. The wide-field gamma-ray telescope is designed to survey the entire sky at 0.2-5 MeV. It will provide imaging, ...
A NASA-funded scientist has produced a new type of picture of the Earth from space, which complements the familiar image of our “blue marble”. This new picture is the first detailed image of our ...