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 ...

The particles are produced by cosmic rays, which are an assortment of high-energy particles from space, including protons. When cosmic rays careen into the atmosphere, they produce muons that rain ...

Scientists at the HESS observatory in Namibia have found the most energetic cosmic rays ever detected, reaching up to 40 teraelectronvolts. These cosmic rays appear to originate from sources close ...

The most powerful cosmic-ray electrons and positrons ever detected ... remain so powerful by the time they reach Earth. We can't track them to a source; their trajectories are too unpredictable ...

Cosmic ray particles capable of penetrating even the densest buildings or underground structures can provide an essentially foolproof timing system for synchronising high-frequency trades in the ...

With the naked eye, you can't see the weather in space, or feel the cosmic rays beaming down to Earth—but they can impact critical systems like our climate, computer connectivity, communications ...

But if cosmic rays come from some of the most violent and conspicuous events in the universe, why do astronomers struggle to track these charged particles back to these sources? One reason it's ...

The GRAPES-3 experiment in Ooty, India, operated by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research has discovered a new feature in the cosmic-ray proton spectrum at about 166 tera-electron-volt (TeV ...

Scientists are seeking answers to a new outer space mystery after a telescope in Utah detected the most powerful cosmic ray seen in more than three decades, according to the authors of new ...

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Languages: English, Spanish Researchers have detected an extremely energetic cosmic ray from an unknown source in the universe. The detection of a cosmic ray with such high energy is "exceedingly ...