How they affect planets and life. So many cosmic rays hit the atmosphere that it’s possible the particles play a role in our climate, including cloud formation and behavior. CERN’s CLOUD experiment ...

In the late 1940s, the US Naval Research Laboratory used a few German-built V2 rockets to study cosmic rays from above Earth’s atmosphere. To do this, a nitrogen-powered cloud chamber was ...

When penetrating particles from cosmic rays move through the atmosphere—in this case through electrically loaded clouds—they are ionising the air, making conducting paths for the lightning.

The universe is a stage filled with extreme phenomena, where temperatures and energies reach unimaginable levels. In this context, there are objects such as supernova remnants, pulsars, and active ...

Cosmic rays are high-energy particles produced by the sun; stellar explosions called supernovas; rapidly spinning neutron stars called pulsars; and other, unknown sources.When the rays smash into ...

Scientists have a problem with cosmic rays—they produce too many muons ... forming a gluon condensate. The formation of these gluon condensates would then influence the hadrons subsequently ...

Scientists have discovered high-energy cosmic rays after over a decade of painstaking data collection that can unlock new avenues about our understanding of the universe regarding cosmic processes ...

Cosmic rays? Or maybe just electric charges. Put a cup on and start experimenting. If you want to reliably see cosmic rays, build a cloud chamber. All you really need is a plastic bottle.