Tag: Cosmic Rays
Flying in airplanes exposes people to more radiation than standing next to a nuclear reactor — here’s why
Pilots and flight attendants get pummelled by cosmic rays and solar storms while keeping you safe and serving you drinks.
The Great Pyramid of Giza is hiding a huge, unexplored space — and scientists used cosmic rays to find it
Physicists used cosmic rays to penetrate the pharaoh Khufu pyramid's thick rock and discover a void that's about the length of two semitrailers.
Scientists have discovered a potentially suicidal problem with going to Mars
Based on a study in mice, the risk of cancer on Mars could be twice as high as researchers previously thought.
2 nearby exploding stars might have had some surprising effects on our planet
An explosion close enough to Earth would bombard us with radiation, causing mutations as well as potentially catastrophic climate shifts.
This awesome experiment is bringing us closer than ever to solving a 100-year-old cosmic mystery
This very second, high energy particles from outer space are racing towards us at nearly the speed of light.