Want to see cosmic rays? You might need a lot of expensive exotic gear. Nah. [The ActionLab] shows how a cup of coffee or cocoa can show you cosmic rays — or something — with just the right ...

(We’ve since learned that they are particles, not rays, but the name stuck.) There are several ways to detect cosmic rays. You can look for them directly—whether on the ground or above the ...

In a study published in Physical Review Letters, the HESS consortium describes the detection of these record-breaking cosmic rays. Due to their energy loss during interstellar travel, these ...

The Earth is under constant bombardment from cosmic rays, most of them being nuclei ... How does CosmicWatch detect these muons? The working components of the detector consist of a plastic ...

We are at a critical time and supporting climate journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help to strengthen ...

Scientists from the University of Tokyo and NEC Corp. noted that cosmic-ray muons readily pass through ... to monitor magma movement in a volcano, detect empty cavities in the Great Pyramid ...

For decades, astronomers were certain that half of the ordinary matter in the universe — protons and neutrons, the building ...

Scientists and space explorers have been on the hunt to determine where and how much ice is present on the Moon. Water ice ...

Have you ever had an X-ray taken of your bones? Well, so has the Milky Way. NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory regularly images ...

Cosmic rays and their byproduct ... disturbed system with two subclusters and diffuse radio emission span... The detection of ultra-high-energy gamma rays by the Large High Altitude Air Shower ...