Scientists in China identify shock drift acceleration as the key process behind cosmic rays' high energy, resolving a major ...

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

The largest cosmic structure ever observed by astronomers is revealing its biggest cosmic secrets yet, with a little help ...

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

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 ...

Unusual signals called quasi periodic eruptions appear to come from black holes, but we don't know what creates them. Now ...

An artist rendering of what a future cosmic ray radar instrument could look like, attached to a satellite orbiting the Moon. Credit: Christian Miki, Department of Physics, University of Hawai‘i at ...

New research suggests that the largest cosmic structure is even bigger and closer to Earth than we knew. It goes against ...

Astronomers have discovered that the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall — the largest known structure in the universe — is ...

The Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall - the largest known structure in the universe - has long puzzled scientists due to ...