gamma rays
Britishplural noun
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Still, other explanations are possible, including gamma rays produced by astrophysical sources like pulsars.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026
The emitted gamma rays were detected with GRETINA, a high resolution germanium detector array capable of tracking individual gamma ray interactions.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
The timing was especially telling: the new outflows appeared in the images while NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was also detecting high-energy gamma rays, directly connecting the shock-powered radiation to those colliding streams.
From Science Daily • Dec. 31, 2025
They also help explain why these events generate strong shocks that produce high-energy light, including gamma rays.
From Science Daily • Dec. 31, 2025
From gamma rays to radio waves, all are equally respectable bands of light.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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