A new study reveals an intriguing possibility: asupernova explosion might have sent a surge of cosmic rays toward Earth around 10 million years ago, with consequences etched in ocean rocks. The ...

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NASA measures radiation over Greenland to improve aviation safety and validate models that predict cosmic doses polar flight ...

Cosmic and terrestrial radiation can cause correlated errors in superconducting qubits, disrupting quantum coherence and ...

pt. I. Discovery -- The nature of the radiation -- Particles produced by the cosmic rays -- The primary cosmic radiation -- Radio waves from the galaxy -- Extensive air showers -- The origin of cosmic ...

Astronomers recorded the longest gamma-ray burst in history, GRB 250702B, that may be a cosmic event completely new to ...

There are signs deep beneath the Pacific Ocean that an exploding star once sent cosmic rays blasting out towards Earth, and ...

Cosmic rays could be a vital source of energy for life on icy moons, on Mars, or even on rogue planets that wander alone between stars; it's possible, scientists say, that the phenomenon could create ...

When space telescopes blazed with high-energy radiation for hours earlier this year, astronomers suspected that they were ...

New research has found that amino acids, the building blocks of life, may have traveled to Earth on interstellar dust grains, ...

The study revealed that muon scattering measurements lasting for just a few hours can predict nuclear material amounts in ...