The Pacific seafloor laid down around 10 million years ago is dramatically enriched in beryllium-10, compared to older and ...

Trillions upon trillions of cosmic rays hit the Earth every day. The vast majority of them are blocked by Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic field, but sometimes they will strike particles in the ...

that cosmic rays strike earth with 50,000,000 or more volts of power. The effect is analogous to a quill being driven through a plank by a tornado. Energies of that vast order are released when in ...

Cosmic rays coming from outside the Solar System bring these particles closer to the Sun, where they experience changes ...

They analyzed all possible methods to safely recover the electronics.” Encountering cosmic rays is a normal and expected part of operating any spacecraft, said NASA. In November 2022 ...

Scientists have come a step closer to understanding how collisionless shock waves -- found throughout the universe -- are able to accelerate particles to extreme speeds. Scientists have come a ...

Want to see cosmic rays? You might need a lot of expensive exotic gear. Nah. [The ActionLab] shows how a cup of coffee or cocoa can show you cosmic rays — or something — with just the right ...

Scientists from the University of Tokyo and NEC Corp. noted that cosmic-ray muons readily pass through ... Generated when high-energy particles in space strike the atmosphere above Earth, muons ...

An X-ray observatory used to study neutron stars is “back in the black” and a cosmic ray detector is ready for possible future upgrades after two astronauts completed a spacewalk outside the ...