Pomerantz Chair of Physics and Astronomy at UD. “I think you could call it a scientific research boutique — small and very successful, particularly in the cosmic ray area, and world-renowned.” The ...
Hundreds of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been recorded as part of an enormous global effort so extensive it 'rivals the catalog of deep-sky objects created by Messier 250 years ago', astronomers say.
The concept was tested using Sandia's Z Machine, the most powerful X-ray source on Earth. By generating a burst of X-rays similar to those from a nuclear explosion, researchers were able to simulate ...