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.

Especially the latter poses a great challenge for long-term space travel, and so people are working on various concepts to protect astronauts’ DNA from being smashed by cosmic rays. This has ...

Astronomers led by Stanford University and Harvard believe the "remarkable" cosmic explosion could either ... releasing a huge amount of gamma rays in a very short time. If XRT 200515 is an ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Gamma rays originate from a variety of sources in both the Marvel Universe and the real world. Primary among non-fictional cosmic gamma-ray sources, are supernovas, neutron stars, and gamma-ray ...

In future, it might also be used to shield astronauts from the hazard of deadly cosmic radiation on long space voyages. One of the major hazards of space travel is prolonged exposure to radiation.

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 ...