HAWC Observatory

New results: Extended TeV halos May be a common feature around middle-aged pulsars! Read the paper here: journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/1…

Exciting news! Brenda Dingus of the HAWC collaboration has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. A well-deserved honor for her outstanding contributions to astrophysics! More: nasonline.org/news/2025-nas-…

HAWC celebra su décimo aniversario! Durante esta década, HAWC ha detectado más de 6.3 billones de rayos cósmicos y ha identificado alrededor de cien fuentes celestes de rayos gamma de muy alta energía. Para más detalles: saberesyciencias.com.mx/2025/03/14/10-…

New HAWC result! 💫 We searched 2565 days of HAWC data for TeV halos around millisecond pulsars. No significant emission was found, offering key insights into their role in high-energy astrophysics, including the Galactic Center GeV excess. Paper here: doi.org/10.1103/PhysRe…

¡Nueva publicación! HAWC explora el espectro total de energía de los rayos cósmicos de altas energías. Más información en: hawc-observatory.org authors.elsevier.com/a/1kPDr3Ix5tzN… New paper! HAWC explores the total energy spectrum of high-energy cosmic rays authors.elsevier.com/a/1kPDr3Ix5tzN…

We’ve uncovered four new sources near the SS 433 jet lobes, confirming efficient electron acceleration with gamma rays up to 123 TeV! Check out the latest publication from HAWC! Read more: hawc-observatory.org/news/

HAWC and IceCube @uw_icecube have teamed up to study ultra-high-energy cosmic rays! The collaboration used HAWC's gamma-ray data and 14 years of IceCube observations. The study sets new flux limits, advancing multi-messenger astronomy! Read more here: hawc-observatory.org/news/

New paper! Where are PeV cosmic rays in the Boomerang region born? HAWC’s latest data sheds light on two potential sources. Read more: hawc-observatory.org/news/

The 2024 HAWC Fall Collaboration Meeting took place at Temple University in Philadelphia! 🌟 In-person and virtual participants shared insightful discussions on advancing gamma-ray research. Here’s to more discoveries ahead! 🌌

Congratulations to Kristi Engel, winner of the 2024 Arnulfo Zepeda Award! Kristi’s outstanding contributions to HAWC operations, from troubleshooting to mentoring, and her work on GRBs and primordial black hole searches, make her a truly deserving recipient.

Exciting news! Our Nature paper is out today, reporting the first detection of ultra-high-energy gamma rays from a microquasar, V4641 Sgr. You can read more here: #hawc_nature" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">hawc-observatory.org/news/index.php…

¡Otra nueva publicación! Observación del PeVatrón en el centro de nuestra galaxia con HAWC Más información en: hawc-observatory.org Disponible en: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.384… New paper! Observation of the Galactic Center PeVatron beyond 100 TeV with HAWC iopscience.iop.org/article/10.384…

¡Nueva publicación! ¿Es HESS J1809-193 un PeVatron hadrónico? Más información en: hawc-observatory.org Artículo disponible en: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.384… New paper! Is HESS J1809-193 a Potential Hadronic PeVatron? iopscience.iop.org/article/10.384…

¡Nueva publicación! Mejoras a los algoritmos de reconstrucción de datos de HAWC. Más información en: https://hawc-observatory.orgArtículo disponible en: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.384… New paper! Enhancements to the HAWC reconstruction algorithms: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.384…

🌟 HAWC at the 2024 TeVPA Conference in Chicago! 🌟 HAWC researchers presented on Dark Matter, Supernova Remnant IC443, TeV Halos, Gamma-ray Microquasars, and more. Exciting discussions and insights shared with the astrophysics community! #HAWC #TeVPA2024 #Astrophysics

Algunos miembros de HAWC están participando en la conferencia ISVHECRI 2024. HAWC is being represented at the ISVHECRI 2024 conference.

🔔📜 IceCube paper submitted to ApJ! In a multimessenger study that combines data from IceCube and @HAWC_Obs, we looked for neutrinos from the direction of gamma-ray sources. Story ➡️icecube.wisc.edu/news/research/…

🌟Sharing a snapshot from the recent Spring 2024 HAWC collaboration meeting in Mexico City. It was a productive gathering focused on advancing the HAWC gamma-ray observatory research. Stay tuned for more insights from our team!🌟

The award ceremony!

🏆 Congratulations to Dezhi Huang on receiving the prestigious STEFAN WESTERHOFF HAWC AWARD at the Spring 2024 HAWC collaboration meeting! 🌟 Dezhi's contributions to HAWC operations, performance, and data analysis have been invaluable. This recognition is truly well-deserved! 👏