Science
New detector finds gamma rays from surprising cosmic sources – Phys.org
Astrophysicist Cao Zhen opens a steel hatch on a windswept Tibetan Plateau and climbs down a ladder into inky darkness. His flashlight picks out a boat floating…
Astrophysicist Cao Zhen opens a steel hatch on a windswept Tibetan Plateau and climbs down a ladder into inky darkness. His flashlight picks out a boat floating on a pool of purified water above thousands of glittering orbs the size of beachballs.
He’s inside a $175 million observatory that has already discovered something tantalizing astronomers even before the observatory is technically complete: bursts of gamma rays from outer space that may someday help explain how matter is created and distributed…
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