Once a surprise to physicists, these particles are useful tools inside and outside the realm of particle physics.
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CosmicWatch: Handheld device democratizes study of cosmic particles from exploding stars
A handheld device invented by University of Delaware physics professor Spencer Axani could democratize ...
You can't see, feel, hear, taste or smell them, but tiny particles from space are constantly raining down on us.
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Experts Scanned Great Pyramid With Cosmic-Ray Muons. They Found A Hole They Had Never Seen (Or Heard) About.
When you gaze at the mighty Great Pyramid of Giza—sometimes called the Pyramid of Khufu—you’re looking at four and a half millennia of human effort. And in 2017, researchers revealed there’s more than ...
Muons continually bombard the ground at a known rate and angular distribution. As muons lose energy when passing through matter, their flux is attenuated depending on the integrated density along ...
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