In the latter half of the 20th century, UChicago became a center for building instruments to measure cosmic rays. These could be done from the ground or carried aboard balloons, aircraft, and even ...

DURING the last ascent of the balloon F.NM.S. (August 18, 1934), we had the opportunity of measuring with precision the intensity of cosmic rays at altitudes of about 12,000 m., 15,000 m.

Japanese researchers developed a system based on subatomic particles derived from high-energy cosmic rays to locate a person's position underground, something that existing navigation tools like ...

These are mainly protons and electrons, which are commonly known as cosmic rays," team co-leader Guillem Martí-Devesa from the Università di Trieste told Space.com. "However, their origin has ...

"We would like to understand the difference between these systems, which holds the clue to understand just how many cosmic rays are produced in the jets of microquasars." Using 16 years of data ...