In a dramatic leap for astrophysics, Chinese researchers have recreated a key cosmic process in the lab: the acceleration of ...

Astronomers have identified the most ancient blazar ever observed, a supermassive black hole from the early universe shooting an energy beam directly at Earth. This cosmic powerhouse has a mass ...

Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) achieved the first direct laboratory observation of ...

However, after reaching an altitude of 5,300 meters, Hess unveiled a natural source of high-energy particles from space. Today, we call those particles cosmic rays. Now, H.E.S.S. scientists are ex ...

This observation demonstrates how ions gain energy by bouncing off supercritical ... Collisionless shocks are cosmic powerhouses responsible for accelerating charged particles to extreme energies.