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Cosmic rays may be the elusive spark for lightning here on Earth
We still don't fully understand what triggers lightning. A new study suggests that showers of cosmic rays may be the missing ...
Going where no spacecraft has gone before: NASA shuts down cosmic ray instrument on Voyager 2
The decision comes as the Voyager spacecraft face diminishing power supplies due to the gradual decay of their radioactive ...
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Most powerful cosmic rays in the universe start shockingly close to Earth, paper claims
The most powerful cosmic rays raining down on Earth may come not from distant corners of the universe but from heavy dark ...
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NASA shuts down more Voyager science instruments to prolong mission
Engineers shut down the cosmic ray subsystem instrument on Voyager 1 on February 25. This tool, which consists of three telescopes that study cosmic rays, helped NASA determine when Voyager 1 left ...