We know that regular supernovas pose no existential threat to life on Earth in the near-term. But there are other varieties of supernova that are a little bit harder to predict, and a little bit ...

Wolf-Rayets have lifespans only in the hundreds of thousands of years, opening the possibility that the gamma ray burst it would unleash upon exploding could barrage our planet with deadly radiation ...

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.

The same result is obtained when studying the pulse-height from the gamma-rays emitted by different substances. There is, in this case, a continuous distribution of pulses from zero to a certain ...

The thicker the substance, the more the radiation is absorbed. Alpha, beta and gamma radiations penetrate materials in different ways. Alpha radiation is the least penetrating. It can be stopped ...

As a result, strategic radiation-hardened electronics must be able to operate in hostile radiation environments, as well as in the natural radiation environment of space. A high-altitude EMP ...

Even the hanging “NY” logo in the locker room has been covered by a square “Home of the Rays” banner. But every part of the Rays’ makeover is just temporary. Per their agreement with the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Rays pulled out a win in their new home for the season at Steinbrenner Field, but the ball club’s future in Tampa Bay remains uncertain. Outdoor baseball is a first ...

The Rays then signed him to a minor league deal. They were presumably intrigued by that better showing in Japan, or perhaps Montes’s minor league numbers. He slashed .323/.405/.551 in Triple-A ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A Tampa-based group has come forward to express interest in purchasing the Tampa Bay Rays. The current Rays ownership group has until March 31 to accept that current ...

Rays minor-leaguer Tre' Morgan is making the most of his first big-league spring training. Morgan has a .389 on-base percentage and hit a home run during a five-run seventh inning on Saturday ...