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And it did so right in the middle of an odd sort of telescope that was partway through construction. In a paper published in ...

Gamma rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation ... They have the shortest wavelengths and the highest frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum. These rays are produced by the hottest ...

Understanding the origin of heavy elements on the periodic table is one of the most challenging open problems in all of ...

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In this environment, Mumpower’s team suggest that energetic photons in a jet collide with protons to create a neutron and a ...