Scientists propose using muons to study tornado pressure changes remotely Muons from cosmic rays could revolutionise tornado research techniques Portable detectors could bring real-time tornado data ...

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 ...

Cosmic rays and their byproduct, muons, may help scientists study tornado formation by detecting pressure changes remotely. This technique would avoid the need for direct measurements within ...

Ultra-high energy cosmic rays likely gain their immense energy from tangled magnetic fields in extreme astrophysical environments, rather than shock waves from star explosions. This breakthrough ...

Abstract: The key issues of cosmic-ray-induced soft-error rates, SER (also referred to as single-event upset, SEU, rates) in microelectronic devices are discussed ...

"Some cosmic phenomena produce X-rays naturally," explains Dr. Przemek Mróz, the lead author of the study. "For example, X-rays may be produced by a hot gas falling onto compact objects like ...

THE enormous energy possessed by the cosmic rays has given rise to many speculations as to how they could be generated, which have gone deep into the properties of the ultimate particles ...

"Some cosmic phenomena produce x-rays naturally," explained Dr Mróz. "For example, x-rays may be produced by a hot gas falling onto compact objects like white dwarfs, neutron stars, or black holes.

Probing a distant galaxy like a "cosmic crime scene" with the Hubble Space Telescope after a "tip-off" from the Chandra X-ray telescope, NASA scientists have discovered a strange black hole that ...

Now, thanks to a chance discovery, scientists are aware of an entirely new explosive stellar source of X-ray radiation. These outbursts' light output didn't resemble any previous cosmic explosion.

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: Clow, M.; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand In addition to this cosmic wreath, a new version of the “Christmas tree cluster” is also now ...