Among the most fascinating phenomena are gamma rays, the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation. Recently, ...

View a video of gamma ray bursts from Seeing in the Dark Gamma rays belong to the same family as light, x-rays, and the radio waves that travel between a radio station and your car radio.

It's not easy to imagine how high the frequency of a high-energy gamma ray is. During the time it takes for its wave to go through one cycle, a gamma-ray wave traveling at the speed of light will ...

opening the possibility that the gamma ray burst it would unleash upon exploding could barrage our planet with deadly radiation in the not-so-distant — on a cosmic scale, at least — future.

When you think of a radiation detector, you’re probably thinking of a Geiger tube and its high voltage circuitry. That isn’t the only way to measure gamma radiation, though, and [Alan] has a ...

Comic fans have noticed some clues, other clues concerning the origin of the Red Hulk and connecting it to gamma radiation, too. The Captain America: Brave New World trailer features a "blink and ...

Radio waves have the longest wavelengths and gamma rays have the shortest wavelengths. Radio waves have the longest wavelengths of all EM waves. Radio waves have wavelengths ranging from thousands ...

Gamma rays are high energy electromagnetic waves which are only stopped by thick lead. This means they can easily pass through medical equipment, such as syringes. As gamma rays pass through the ...