Cosmic Rays
Cosmic rays are, in fact, not rays, but high energy subatomic particles of cosmic origin that continually bombard Earth. The measurements scientists
make of them, both on the ground and fr...
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Cosmic Ray
The term cosmic ray refers to highly-energetic atomic particles (mostly single protons, some proton-neutron pairs, and occasionally subatomic particles and electrons) that travel through sp...
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Cosmic Rays
Cosmic rays consist of subatomic particles which have high energy (those not from our own sun) due to their high velocities. Victor Franz Hess (1883-1964) showed in 1911 that the ionizatio...
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Cosmic Ray
Cosmic rays are a component of interstellar matter. Their composition is similar to ordinary interstellar gas, but they are hurtling through space at very high speeds.
In 1911, physicist Vi...
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Cosmic Rays
Cosmic Ray
Cosmic Rays
Cosmic Ray