Helium nuclei, carbon nuclei, oxygen nuclei: three very different particles, all screaming through the Milky Way at nearly ...
Scientists studying mysterious ultra-powerful cosmic rays have uncovered a surprising hidden pattern that could finally help ...
For more than a century, physicists have watched particles rain down from space carrying energies that dwarf anything a ...
Detection by Askaryan Radio Array holds promise for future research into sources, nature of cosmic rays and neutrinos ...
The most energetic particles in the universe – ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays – likely come from supermassive black holes in the hearts of nearby active galaxies, says a study by scientists from nearly ...
In her second pop-science book, theoretical cosmologist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein returns to her celestial and cultural roots.
Illustration of an array of ground-based detectors to characterize a cosmic ray shower. When high-energy cosmic particles strike the atmosphere, they produce a cascade of particles. By building a ...
The windy and chaotic remains surrounding recently exploded stars may be launching the fastest particles in the universe. Highly magnetic neutron stars known as pulsars whip up a fast and strong ...
A combination of X-ray, optical, and infrared data reveal the central pulsar at the core of the Crab Nebula, including the winds and outflows that the pulsars care in the surrounding matter. Pulsars ...