Cosmic Ray News

Posted November 13, 2009:

• New Experiment Could Reveal Make-Up of the Universe

Posted November 11, 2009:

• Laser-Plasma Accelerators Ride On Einstein's Shoulders

Posted November 5, 2009:

• Carbon Atmosphere Discovered On Neutron Star

Posted November 3, 2009:

• Dark Matter And Dark Energy Make Up 95 Percent Of Universe, Detailed Measurements Reveal
• Origin Of Cosmic Rays: VERITAS Telescopes Help Solve 100-Year-Old Mystery

Posted November 2, 2009:

• NASA's Fermi Telescope Detects Gamma Rays From 'Star Factories' In Other Galaxies

Posted October 29, 2009:

• Blast From The Past: Most Distant Stellar Object Gives Clues About Early Universe

Posted October 28, 2009:

• Gamma-Ray Photon Race Ends In Dead Heat; Einstein Wins This Round

Posted October 23, 2009:

• Galaxy Cluster Smashes Distance Record

Posted October 16, 2009:

• Catching The Interstellar Wind: Spacecraft Finds Ribbon-Like Structure At Edge Of Heliosphere
• First IBEX Maps Reveal Fascinating Interactions Occurring At The Edge Of The Solar System
• Satellite Reveals Surprising Cosmic 'Weather' At Edge Of Solar System

Posted October 6, 2009:

• Cosmic Ray Decreases Affect Atmospheric Aerosols And Clouds

Posted October 4, 2009:

• Heart Of A Galaxy Emits Gamma Rays

Posted September 29, 2009:

• Cosmic Rays Hit Space Age High

Posted September 25, 2009:

• Prototype Developed To Detect Dark Matter

Posted September 22, 2009:

• New Vista Of Milky Way Center Unveiled

Posted September 21, 2009:

• New Transient Radiation Belt Discovered Around Saturn

Posted September 20, 2009:

• Planck Snaps Its First Images Of Ancient Cosmic Light

Posted September 19, 2009:

• Invading Black Holes Explain Cosmic Flashes

Posted September 17, 2009:

• Space-Related Radiation Research Could Help Reduce Fractures In Cancer Survivors
• Swift Makes Best-Ever Ultraviolet Portrait Of Andromeda Galaxy

Posted September 14, 2009:

• Astrophysics: High Energy Galactic Particle Accelerator Located

Posted September 9, 2009:

• Fermi Large Area Telescope Reveals Pulsing Gamma-Ray Sources

Posted September 5, 2009:

• Researcher Uses 100,000 Degree Heat To Study Plasma, What Happens To Matter Around Black Holes

Posted August 31, 2009:

• Cygnus X-1: Still A 'Star' After All Those Years

Posted August 26, 2009:

• Trifid Nebula: A Massive Star Factory

Posted August 22, 2009:

• New Way To Reproduce A Black Hole?

Posted August 18, 2009:

• To Understand The Universe, Science Calls On The Ultrasmall

Posted August 17, 2009:

• Tiny Flares Responsible For Outsized Heat Of Sun's Atmosphere

Posted August 13, 2009:

• Violent Youth Of Solar Proxies Steers Course Of Genesis Of Life

Posted August 11, 2009:

• First Black Holes Born Starving

Posted August 6, 2009:

• Possible Meteorite On Mars Imaged By Opportunity Rover

Posted August 4, 2009:

• GEMS Mission To Explore The Polarized Universe

Posted August 2, 2009:

• Integral Disproves Dark Matter Origin For Mystery Radiation

Posted July 28, 2009:

• Large Area Telescope Explores High-Energy Particles

Posted July 26, 2009:

• Magnetic Field On Bright Star Vega

Posted July 24, 2009:

• NASA Celebrates Chandra X-Ray Observatory's 10th Anniversary

Posted July 20, 2009:

• Scientists Look Beyond Earth To Understand Auroras

Posted July 18, 2009:

• Apollo 11 Moon Rocks Still Crucial 40 Years Later, Say Researchers

Posted July 15, 2009:

• NASA's Fermi Finds Gamma-Ray Galaxy Surprises

Posted July 10, 2009:

• Simulations Illuminate Universe's First Twin Stars

Posted July 9, 2009:

• Antimatter Positrons Explain Gamma Ray Mystery In Milky Way Galaxy

Posted July 7, 2009:

• Dozens Of Newly Discovered Pulsars Probed By NASA's Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope

Posted July 4, 2009:

• Super-Energetic Bursts Discovered Near Giant Black Hole

Posted July 3, 2009:

• New Class Of Pulsars Solve Mystery Of Previously Unidentified Gamma-Ray Sources

Posted July 1, 2009:

• Dense Knots Of Cold Cosmic Dust Potential Birthplaces Of New Stars Discovered In Inner Regions Of The Milky Way

Posted June 26, 2009:

• Milky Way's Particle Accelerators: Cosmic Rays Accelerated In Remnants Of Exploding Stars

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