Radiation

A violent solar superstorm hit Mars and the planet’s atmosphere reacted in a way scientists didn’t expect

A powerful 2024 solar superstorm struck Mars, flooding its atmosphere with electrons and briefly disrupting orbiting spacecraft. Scientists reveal surprising new details about the event and what it could mean for future missions.

SwRI finally cracked the puzzle of Uranus’s decade old radiation readings

Scientists believe a powerful solar wind burst may explain Voyager’s unusual 1986 radiation readings at Uranus, offering new insights into distant planetary environments.

Deadly legacy of Chernobyl’s Elephant’s Foot revealed in after decades

Scientists discovered the reason behind Elephant’s Foot, buried beneath Chernobyl Reactor 4 which was formed in 1986. It emitted deadly radiation and remains hazardous, warning of nuclear risks and long-term fallout.

Why France banned iPhone 12 | Does Apple meet EU radiation standards?

France bans sale of iPhone 12. A French watchdog cited breaches of European Union radiation exposure limits. The move increased the possibility of other bans across Europe. France's national frequency agency said it would send agents to Apple stores and other distributors to make sure the model was no longer being sold, adding that a failure to act would result in the recall of iPhone 12s already sold to consumers. But Apple has defended its product and said that iPhone 12 does meet regulation standards. Watch this video to know more.

Scientists recreate Big Bang in lab

Physicists at the University of Chicago reproduced a pattern resembling the cosmic microwave background radiation using ultracold cesium atoms in a vacuum chamber.

Radiation readings spike at Japan's ruined nuclear plant

on near a tank holding highly contaminated water at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has spiked 18-fold, the plant's operator said on Sunday, highlighting the struggle to bring the crisis under control after more than two years.

The dangerous part of Japan's nuclear clean-up operation

Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant will be removing 400 tonnes of highly irradiated spent fuel from a damaged reactor building. It is a dangerous operation that has never been attempted before on this scale.

Steam rising from reactor building in Fukushima

The utility, widely known as Tepco, said the levels of radioactivity around the plant had remained unchanged and it was still looking into what triggered the emission.