rays

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Electrons and positrons can collide and transform into gamma-ray photons, while gamma rays themselves can collide and create new particles.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

In 2024, researchers led by Li Shang at Anhui University in Hefei, China, suggested that Fermi's Large Area Telescope may have detected gamma rays from one of these events years after the explosion occurred.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: These pro-approved golf shirts for men and women are lightweight and many offer protection from the sun’s rays.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

These are generally about other people, or being embedded in the band, and rays of light are allowed to break through, if sometimes tentatively.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

On one side of the young mouse the gifts from Squire Julian Gingivere, Captain Snow and the shrews were piled high; on the other was his sword, reflecting the rays of the afternoon sun.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques