Xuan-Min Shao and his engineering team at Los Alamos National Laboratory may not literally be trying to capture lightning in a bottle, but what they’re doing is not far from that. Shao and his team of ...

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 ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, scientists from Los Alamos National ...

There seems to be too much of a radioactive element in rocks deep in the Pacific Ocean – how did it get there 10 million years ago?

Layer two of the noise is cosmic rays from outer space. They constantly strike Earth’s atmosphere, and they become fireworks ...

"We would like to understand the difference between these systems, which holds the clue to understand just how many cosmic ...

Beryllium-10 atoms are formed in the upper atmosphere when cosmic rays strike oxygen molecules, and fall to Earth within a year or two. Consequently, an upsurge in cosmic radiation could produce ...

Scientists may have detected dark matter’s first signal through ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. If true, it could challenge ...

This isotope is continuously produced in the upper atmosphere when highly energetic cosmic rays strike air molecules. The strikes break apart the main components of our air – nitrogen and oxygen – ...

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 ...

This isotope is continuously produced in the upper atmosphere when highly energetic cosmic rays strike air molecules. The strikes break apart the main components of our air – nitrogen and oxygen ...