Scientists have detected the sun emitting an extraordinary amount of gamma rays — light wavelengths known to carry the most energy of any other wavelength in the electromagnetic spectrum.
With an innovative instrument known as ComPair, NASA hopes to test technologies that have been designed to catch signals from some of our universe s most intriguing phenomena: gamma-rays.
NASA's new detector, known as ComPair, is slated to fly next month. The goal is to catch high-energy, invisible beams stemming from things like star explosions, supermassive black holes and gamma-ray bursts.
A second supermassive black hole at the heart of a distant galaxy was confirmed by blasts of energy in a disk of gas and dust around its larger companion.