Cosmic rays are atom fragments that rain down on the ... person living on Earth is 10 microsieverts (0.00001 sieverts). The moon has no atmosphere and a very weak magnetic field.

What are the Van Allen belts? Learn how these giant rings of charged particles cause problems for astronauts and satellites.

Though little is known about Deimos, another European spacecraft recently captured unprecedented views of the moon's far side ...

Even as we prepare for manned missions to the Moon and Mars, the energy distribution of cosmic ray particles can also provide further insight into the radiation environment in space and its ...

Scientists at NTNU propose that powerful winds from supermassive black holes may be responsible for mysterious ...

Going back to the Moon after half a century, and then to Mars, literally means reinventing the wheel. After all, Mars is a long way to come back if you get a flat. "One thing you cannot have is a ...

"With our recent study, we showed that a new technique for detecting buried water ice on the moon is possible using naturally-occurring cosmic rays," said Emily S. Costello, study lead author and ...

Galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) pose a particular challenge as they are not ... resembles the radiation environment that astronauts will experience on journeys to the Moon and Mars. “The motivation for ...

The precision led to the mission’s nickname, Moon Sniper. The satellite and ... instrument will let us peer into the make-up of cosmic X-ray sources to a degree that hasn’t been possible ...

the three-day event focused on leveraging the Moon’s unique environment for ... A pulsar which can be at most a few thousand light years away, could be the source of the cosmic rays. The H.E.S.S ...