The Sun, which provides us with light and heat, is also the site of immense phenomena. In 2017, a powerful solar flare ...

NASA completed its Antarctic balloon campaign using high-altitude balloons to study cosmic rays, anti-matter and high-energy ...

3D visualization of an ELM in the ASDEX Upgrade tokamk as simulated with the MEGA code. The tokamak volue is colored according to the ELM structure. TheELM interacts with the energetic particle whose ...

Researchers have identified a newly recognized type of extremely energetic particles located in the Sun’s upper atmosphere, revealing a phenomenon that had not been detected before. Solar scientists r ...

The mission — known as Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations, or PUEO — lifted off Dec. 20, 2025, from NASA’s launch ...

In 2019, the world was mesmerized by the first-ever image of a black hole, courtesy of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). The striking image depicted the supermassive black hole at the center of the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Collaboration MPIK/H.E.S.S. After over a decade of meticulous data collection, scientists ...

"It's astonishing to find such a strong radio signal at this distance." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A vast cloud of energetic ...

NASA has completed a series of scientific balloon flights over Antarctica during a campaign that began in early December.

Astrophysicists have detected the most energetic electrons ever recorded raining down on Earth. With trillions of times the energy of visible light, these cosmic rays seem to be coming from a powerful ...

Superdiffusive transport describes a regime in which the displacement of energetic particles deviates from classical Brownian motion, following a power‐law behaviour that results in far more rapid ...