The most powerful cosmic-ray electrons and positrons ever detected slamming into Earth's atmosphere carry energies so high they can only have come from relatively close by, new research has revealed.

Beyond better testing, we need better protection. Physical shields seem like the obvious first defense. Hydrogen-rich ...

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Ben may have been right way back when Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created him and the rest of the Fantastic Four 64 years ago, but we know a heck of a lot more about cosmic rays today. Back then, Grimm, ...

New observations of the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, have revealed that something is blocking cosmic rays from passing into it. As well as suggesting the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ)—that ...

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Most people these days are aware of risks inherent in our increasingly electronic maritime industry. There is malware, ransomware, and spear phishing to name a few. But a new one has been recently ...

According to a radiation weather expert, a stream of high-energy particles from a supernova explosion may have triggered a ...

acceleration pedal assembly during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington to discuss Toyota's sudden acceleration problems. Could cosmic rays affect electronics here on Earth? Yes, ...

Willard F. Libby, the American chemist well-known as the discoverer of the carbon 14 (radiocarbon) dating technique for which he won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1960. Thirteen hominid teeth that ...