Cosmic particles with phenomenal energy have puzzled scientists for decades. A new theory may finally unveil their origin.

For over six decades, the origin of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs), the highest-energy particles in the universe, has ...

A new paper provides scientists with a groundbreaking tool for understanding cataclysmic events. Physicist Glennys Farrar has ...

A groundbreaking discovery has rocked the field of neutrino astronomy—scientists have detected an ultra-high-energy neutrino ...

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic events ever observed in the universe. These powerful outbursts can shine a ...

Cosmic rays may play a role in triggering lightning on Earth, a new study suggests. | Credit: Jan Drahokoupil / 500px / Getty Images Cosmic rays may offer an out-of-this-world answer to a long ...

“This discovery is more than just an oddity ... If a hypothetical Milky Way TDE’s cosmic rays lined up with the solar system, the effects would cause almost incomprehensible devastation.

Astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light years away. These two stars are on a collision course to explode as a type 1a supernova, appearing ...

A terrifying glimpse at one potential fate of our Milky Way galaxy has come to light thanks to the discovery of a cosmic anomaly that ... by a vast halo of hot, X-ray-emitting gas, providing ...