#cosmic-rays tag

Where did the OMG' particle come from?!

Cosmic rays, originating from various sources, constantly bombard Earth, carrying high kinetic energy but are harmlessly absorbed by the atmosphere.

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fromBig Think

3 months ago

Prove Einstein's relativity for yourself for under $100

Cosmic-ray muons regularly pass through the human body, and charged particles produce visible trails in alcohol vapor via ionization and condensation.

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fromBig Think

3 months ago

The simplest explanation for ultra-high-energy cosmic rays

Earth continuously intercepts a diverse cosmic-ray flux, including protons, antiparticles, and heavy nuclei, sometimes reaching energies well above the expected GZK cutoff.

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fromFuturism

3 months ago

Passenger Jet Suddenly Dropped From Sky for a Wild Reason, Airbus Says

Cosmic-ray-induced single-event upsets can flip computer memory bits, disrupting aircraft systems and causing abrupt, dangerous flight control anomalies and passenger injuries.

fromMail Online

3 months ago

'Cosmic rays' zap JetBlue flight forcing emergency landing

Dyer told Space.com that solar radiation on the day of the flight was within normal levels and far too low to affect the aircraft. '[Cosmic rays] can interact with modern microelectronics and change the state of a circuit,' Dyer said. 'They can cause a simple bit flip, like a 0 to 1 or 1 to 0, messing up information and making things go wrong. 'They can even induce hardware failures when they generate a current in an electronic device and burn it out.'

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fromwww.scientificamerican.com

7 months ago

Can Cosmic Rays Help Alien Life Thrive?

The traditional astrophysical recipe for life as we know it involves getting a rocky, gas-shrouded world in a habitable zone where liquid water exists.

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fromNature

8 months ago