Category Archives: HAWC

HAWC detection of high-energy gamma-ray emission surrounding middle-aged pulsars

Pulsars are rapidly spinning neutron stars—remnants of massive star explosions—that blast electromagnetic radiation at regular [...]

HAWC detection of an ultra-high-energy gamma-ray bubble around a microquasar

This story is adapted from the HAWC Collaboration press release. Microquasars—compact regions surrounding a black hole with [...]

HAWC discovers the highest energy light coming from the sun

This story is adapted from the Michigan State University (MSU) press release. Sometimes, the best [...]

Ke Fang elected HAWC collaboration’s next US spokesperson

Ke Fang, an assistant professor of physics at the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) [...]

Prof. Ke Fang receives prestigious Shakti Duggal Award

Ke Fang, professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been selected as the recipient of [...]

Not So Fast, Supernova: Highest-energy Cosmic Rays Detected in Star Clusters

The highest-energy cosmic rays come from subatomic interactions within star clusters, not supernovae, say Michigan [...]

Welcome, Assistant Professor Ke Fang!

On January 1, astroparticle physicist Ke Fang joined WIPAC and the UW–Madison Physics Department as [...]

IceCube and HAWC unite efforts to dissect the cosmic-ray anisotropy

In an attempt to better understand the anisotropy, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the HAWC [...]

The cosmic-ray anisotropy with two years of HAWC

In a new measurement published recently in The Astrophysical Journal, HAWC has looked deeper into [...]

Mountain-top observatory sees gamma rays from exotic Milky Way object

For the first time, an international collaboration of scientists has detected extremely high-energy gamma rays, [...]