Cosmic rays coming from ultrapowerful sources in the distant universe can pose risks to humans on Earth — particularly frequent air travelers, who are routinely exposed at the high altitudes of ...

Cosmic rays bombarded the University of Nebraska-Lincoln city campus Thursday afternoon. Sounds serious. No need to worry, though. It happens all the time. Cosmic rays are everywhere. They come from ...

On April 9, 2024, a community of refugee students and their families, scientists, educators and policymakers celebrated an event three years in the making—the installation of five cosmic ray detectors ...

A combination of X-ray, optical, and infrared data reveal the central pulsar at the core of the Crab Nebula, including the winds and outflows that the pulsars care in the surrounding matter. Pulsars ...

Los Angeles-area high school students will team up with California Institute of Technology researchers to study ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays on their own campuses, thanks to a recent grant from the ...

SALT LAKE CITY — On Tuesday, a community of refugee students, their families, scientists and educators celebrated an event three years in the making: the installation of five cosmic ray detectors atop ...

High energy cosmic rays are the most exotic things in the universe. A new way to observe them is to build a radio probe the size of Maryland and use the moon itself as the actual cosmic ray detector.

Raspberry Pi enthusiasts looking for a more unique project to keep them busy this weekend may be interested in the Raspberry Pi cosmic ray detector project published on YouTube by Marco Reps. Check ...

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For 2.5 years, 57 refugee teens participated in InSPIRE, a program built from the students’ cultures, languages and experiences to bring physics to teenagers and to contribute to a worldwide project ...