The mystery of strangely blinking objects scattered throughout the Milky Way just deepened. Something 15,000 light-years away from the Sun isn't just slowly, methodically beaming out radio waves – ...

Using the Einstein Probe (EP), astronomers have detected a new X-ray transient event, which turned out to be an X-ray flare ...

With the help of the world's most powerful X-ray laser, a research team has achieved an important breakthrough: Using the example of the pharmaceutically active substance 2-thiouracil, they applied a ...

Once only a part of science fiction, lasers are now everyday objects used in research, health care and even just for fun. Previously available only in low-energy light, lasers are now available in ...