Gamma rays

Gamma-ray bursts contain "time-reversed" components.

Learn the definition of gamma radiation or gamma rays, sources of the radiation, and the health effects.

Astronomers have spotted a strange blast of gamma radiation from space that defies categorisation, and it may mean a gap in our understanding of how black holes form

When it comes to the biggest and brightest explosions seen in the Universe, University of Warwick astronomers have found that it takes two stars to make a gamma-ray burst. Artist’s impression of gamma-ray burst with orbiting binary star [Credit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick] New research solves the mystery of how stars spin fast enough to create conditions to launch a jet of highly energetic material into space, and has found that tidal effects like those between the Moon and the Earth…

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Electromagnetic spectrum, the entire distribution of electromagnetic radiation according to frequency or wavelength.

Electromagnetic Waves: X-ray Wave Spectrum. Vector illustration diagram with wavelength, frequency, harmfulness and wave structure. Illustration about scheme, schematic - 112145851

But don't worry, no laws of physics are being violated.