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Cosmic rays

Physics

The ‘impossible’ particle hinting at the universe’s biggest secrets

Neutrinos have always been hard to explain – and now the detection of one so energetic it shouldn't exist may help illuminate the strangest corners of the cosmos

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New York Stock Exchange

Technology

Cosmic rays can help synchronise the global financial system

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Technology

Quantum computers are constantly hampered by cosmic rays

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Space

Mysterious black hole jets may be the source of powerful cosmic rays

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Illustration of an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray hitting Earth

Physics

A mysterious, incredibly energetic cosmic ray has smashed into Earth

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Some sunlight is more energetic than it should be

Space

Astronomers have spotted inexplicably bright light coming from the sun

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Space

IceCube detector finds neutrinos from the Milky Way for the first time

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Space

We are finally closing in on the cosmic origins of the “OMG particle”

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HEXDC6 Cosmic rays.Artwork of high-energy particles radiation from star in deep space (cosmic rays) impacting molecules atoms in Earth's atmosphere.These primary impacts cause secondary cascade of subatomic particles.Detection analysis of these particles,which include protons,neutrons,light nuclei,neutrinos,pions,and muons,can reveal source of cosmic rays.These sources may include gamma ray bursts (GRBs),active galactic nuclei,supernovae quasars.Such research is carried out atmospheric balloons,or advanced detectors built underground or underwater,to shield them from other radiation.

Technology

US Navy is developing GPS that uses cosmic rays to navigate the Arctic

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Milky way galaxy

Space

A strange barrier is keeping cosmic rays out of the Milky Way’s centre

The very centre of the Milky Way has an unexpectedly low density of cosmic rays compared with the rest of the galaxy, which means that they are somehow being kept out

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Space

Mysterious cosmic rays spotted coming from ordinary stellar explosions

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Godzilla: King of the Monsters reveals our obsession with radiation

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Earth

The Northern Lights make a mysterious noise and now we might know why

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Physics

Violent black holes spit neutrinos at Earth and we finally caught one

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