• Thumbnail for Cosmic ray
    Cosmic rays or astroparticles are high-energy particles or clusters of particles (primarily represented by protons or atomic nuclei) that move through...
    96 KB (10,537 words) - 14:23, 6 May 2024
  • Cosmic ray spallation, also known as the x-process, is a set of naturally occurring nuclear reactions causing nucleosynthesis; it refers to the formation...
    9 KB (1,069 words) - 22:20, 29 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Cosmic-ray observatory
    A cosmic-ray observatory is a scientific installation built to detect high-energy-particles coming from space called cosmic rays. This typically includes...
    14 KB (1,473 words) - 15:27, 7 January 2024
  • In astroparticle physics, an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) is a cosmic ray with an energy greater than 1 EeV (1018 electronvolts, approximately...
    26 KB (3,108 words) - 00:34, 7 December 2023
  • Cosmic Ray is a 1962 American experimental short film directed by Bruce Conner. With both found footage and original material, it features images of countdown...
    14 KB (1,608 words) - 06:27, 22 April 2024
  • The Biological Cosmic Ray Experiment (BIOCORE) was a lunar science experiment that flew on board Command module America as part of Apollo 17. The goal...
    10 KB (1,435 words) - 09:27, 8 April 2024
  • Cosmic ray visual phenomena, or light flashes (LF), also known as Astronaut's Eye, are spontaneous flashes of light visually perceived by some astronauts...
    23 KB (2,802 words) - 13:16, 11 April 2024
  • (GZK limit or GZK cutoff) is a theoretical upper limit on the energy of cosmic ray protons traveling from other galaxies through the intergalactic medium...
    19 KB (2,542 words) - 12:16, 20 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gamma ray
    gamma rays originating on Earth are mostly a result of radioactive decay and secondary radiation from atmospheric interactions with cosmic ray particles...
    57 KB (7,068 words) - 14:27, 1 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Positron
    in primary cosmic rays, amounting to less than 1% of the particles in primary cosmic rays. However, the fraction of positrons in cosmic rays has been measured...
    34 KB (3,705 words) - 04:16, 29 February 2024