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 ...

Cosmic rays may play a role in triggering lightning on Earth, a new study suggests. | Credit: Jan Drahokoupil / 500px / Getty Images Cosmic rays may offer an out-of-this-world answer to a long ...

We still don't fully understand what triggers lightning. A new study suggests that showers of cosmic rays may be the missing link. Cosmic rays may offer an out-of-this-world answer to a long ...

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Cosmic particles with phenomenal energy have puzzled scientists for decades. A new theory may finally unveil their origin. Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) surpass in power anything humans can ...

We leveraged on this fact, performing time-series parametric analysis of static random-access memories, considering galactic cosmic rays only, to determine the shielding and sensitive volume ...

Abstract: We argue that charged dust grains could significantly impact the confinement and transport of galactic cosmic rays. For sub-GeV to ∼10 3 GeV cosmic rays, small-scale parallel Alfvén waves, ...

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LARGE variations in the intensity of cosmic rays have been observed during the period of the recent great sunspot group, January 29–February 12, 1946. According to information kindly given by ...