A Decade-Long Particle Survey Could Shake Up Our Understanding of Cosmic Rays
Cosmic rays coming from outside the Solar System bring these particles closer to the Sun, where they experience changes ...
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Eratosthenes measures the earth.
One can understand that if the earth is a sphere. In fact, from the angle of the sun’s rays from the vertical on June 20 and the distance from Alexandria to Syene he was able to deduce the ...
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Most detailed survey of particles around the sun reveals new mysteries
More than a decade of data about the particles zipping around our sun could be used to solve many mysteries, from the ...
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Cosmic rays, explained
Cosmic rays are particles from outer space that travel across the universe. They can be made by the sun, by other stars exploding, and even black holes. They move extremely fast, nearly the speed of ...
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Earth Struck By Enormous Burst Of Gamma Rays From Two Billion Light-Years Away
A massive burst of gamma rays produced by the explosion of ... us against dangerous ultraviolet radiation from the sun. Mass extinctions in Earth’s history may have been caused by something ...