The KM3NeT Collaboration, operating a partially built neutrino detector on the Mediterranean seafloor off the coast of Sicily ...
Barreling through the universe with incredible power and speed, galactic cosmic rays are a major source of radiation in space ...
A research paper described a region between Earth and the Moon where cosmic rays are deflected by our planet's magnetic field ...
LHAASO has uncovered that micro-quasars, black holes feeding on companion stars, are powerful PeV particle accelerators. Their jets produce ultra-high-energy gamma rays and protons that exceed ...
A new study using data from China's Chang'e-4 moon lander found an area of reduced radiation from cosmic rays near the moon.
Galactic cosmic rays from distant corners of the galaxy streak through your body -- as though you barely exist -- at nearly ...
Milestone results released by the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) on November 16 have solved a decades-old mystery about the cosmic ray energy spectrum—which shows a sharp decrease ...
In May 2021, an unusually high flux of cosmic rays bombarded Earth. According to a team of astrophysicists from the Raman Research Institute in Bengaluru and the University of Florida in the United ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Nearly 100 years ago, scientists detected the first signs of cosmic rays—subatomic particles (mostly protons) that zip through space at nearly the ...
Astronomers have an answer for a long-running mystery in astrophysics: Why is there much less growth of supermassive black holes today than in the past?