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Galactic Cosmic Ray News Archive

This is an archive of articles about galactic cosmic rays from previous years. For an introduction to galactic cosmic rays, and more recent news articles, please visit the galatic cosmic ray page. For recent news articles in other topics, check out the In the News section.


2006 .. 2005 .. 2004 .. 2003 .. 2002 .. 2001 .. 2000 .. 1999 .. 1998


November 15, 2006: Chandra discovers relativistic pinball machine -- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
November 14, 2006: The Milky Way shaped life on Earth -- EurekAlert!
October 19, 2006: New experiment to investigate the effect of galactic cosmic rays on clouds and climate -- CERN
September 21, 2006: Surprises from the edge of the solar system -- Science@NASA
June 19, 2006: Full speed ahead for cosmic ray project -- EurekAlert!
May 24, 2006: University of Utah cosmic ray pioneer Gene Loh dies at 72 -- University of Utah News
May 15, 2006: Super-Kamiokande finds structure in the cosmic ray sky -- PhysOrg.com
February 20, 2006: New study questions the effects of cosmic proton radiation on human cells -- SpaceRef.com
January 30, 2006: Measurements support O-B association origin of galactic cosmic rays -- ACE News
December 14, 2005: Physicists find evidence for highest energy photons ever detected from Milky Way's equator -- EurekAlert!
November 10, 2005: Messengers from the extreme universe -- PhysOrg.com
September 22, 2005: Tycho's remnant provides shocking evidence for cosmic rays -- EurekAlert!
July 15, 2005: Supernovae give off blasts of cosmic rays that bombard the Earth and change its surface rocks -- SpaceRef.com
June 8, 2005: Colorado chosen for cosmic ray observatory -- Space.com
May 18, 2005: Ultra-high energy cosmic particles produce unusual radio flash -- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
May 9, 2005: Mysterious cancer -- Science@NASA
April 22, 2005: Astronauts' children unlikely to inherit cosmic ray-induced genetic defects -- ScienceDaily
March 24, 2005: Cosmic rays enter the "dark" age -- PhysicsWeb
March 3, 2005: NASA study suggests giant space clouds iced Earth -- NASA HQ
March 1, 2005: Balloon experiment searches for antiparticles above the Antarctic -- CERN Courier
February 23, 2005: Cosmic insight into pyramids, volcanoes and nuclear contraband -- LiveScience
February 23, 2005: Cosmic rays reveal past and present secrets -- MSNBC
February 2, 2005: NYU physicist isolates first source of ultra-high energy cosmic rays -- ScienceDaily
January 28, 2005: NASA research balloon makes record-breaking flight -- NASA HQ
January 27, 2005: Powerful cosmic-ray source found -- Astronomy.com
January 20, 2005: Sensor system to gauge effects of cosmic rays on lunar explorers -- EurekAlert!
January 18, 2005: Blazing speed: the fastest stuff in the universe -- Space.com
January 17, 2005: Possible breakthrough study of material from beyond our galaxy -- Space.com
January 12, 2005: NYU physicist isolates first source -- EurekAlert!
December 29, 2004: Scientific balloon circles South Pole on search for antimatter -- Imagine the Universe!
December 18, 2004: Scientific balloon circles South Pole on search for antimatter -- SpaceRef.com
December 17, 2004: Stratospheric balloon launched from Antarctica's McMurdo base -- EurekAlert!
December 9, 2004: Living in sunny times -- American Scientist
December 3, 2004: Europa proposed as cosmic ray detector -- New Scientist
November 19, 2004: Repelling cosmic rays with magnetic bubbles -- New Scientist
November 5, 2004: First image of birth of cosmic rays -- Australian Broadcasting Company
November 4, 2004: Supernova produces cosmic rays -- BBC News
October 29, 2004: Sunspots leave telltale marks in trees -- Australian Broadcasting Company
October 27, 2004: Tree rings reveal sunspot record -- Discovery Channel News
October 26, 2004: Paving the way for pioneers -- EurekAlert!
October 6, 2004: An overview of cosmic-ray elemental compositions -- ACE News
September 27, 2004: Shields up! -- Science@NASA
August 26, 2004: Groundbreaking for cosmic ray project -- University of Utah
August 26, 2004: Biggest bets in the universe unveiled -- New Scientist
August 17, 2004: Cosmic ray link to global warming boosted -- New Scientist
July 6, 2004: Sunspots reaching 1,000-year high -- BBC News
June 8, 2004: Los Alamos helps industry by simulating circuit failures from cosmic rays -- EurekAlert!
May 6, 2004: Los Alamos helps industry by simulating circuit failures from cosmic rays -- Los Alamos National Laboratory
April 29, 2004: Scientists announce cosmic ray theory breakthrough -- Los Alamos National Laboratory
April 20, 2004: Fungi's final frontier -- Manchester Online
March 18, 2004: Glacial records depict ice age climate in synch worldwide -- University of Wisconsin News
January 24, 2004: Cosmic rays, who's yer daddy? -- Wired News
January 15, 2004: LSU professors, students part of international effort to learn about mysterious high-energy cosmic rays -- ScienceDaily
January 15, 2004: Doctoral student journeys to "the ice" to study neutrinos -- University at Buffalo Reporter
January 6, 2004: Cosmic rays made by explosions that form black holes and gamma-ray bursts -- NASA GSFC Beyond Einstein
January 2, 2004: Physicists study cosmic rays in Antarctica -- Missourian
December 31, 2003: University scientists catching cosmic rays in Antarctica summer -- Portsmouth Herald
December 16, 2003: Aria-9 poised for liftoff -- Washington University in St. Louis
December 16, 2003: Scientists 'reconstruct' Earth's climate over the past millenium -- ScienceDaily
December 11, 2003: Chicago instrument will advance study of high-energy cosmic rays -- The University of Chicago Chronicle
November 14, 2003: Three-ton experiment to cruise South Pole skies for cosmic rays -- Newswise
November 13, 2003: Neutron detector under development to monitor spacecraft radiation -- SpaceRef.com
October 23, 2003: Cosmic-ray detector breaks size record -- PhysicsWeb
October 21, 2003: Evidence for an unusally active Sun -- AIP News
August 22, 2003: Galactic cosmic ray neon and iron-group isotopic abundances agree with Wolf-Rayet star model -- ACE News
August 13, 2003: Biggest cosmic explosions may also propel fastest objects in the universe -- NASA GSFC
July 17, 2003: Same Sun. Different views. -- The Christian Science Monitor
April 5, 2003: Galactic wind of low-energy cosmic rays claimed -- Spaceflight Now
March 20, 2003: NASA selects next medium-class Explorer mission -- NASA
March 19, 2003: Radiation dangers for Mars astronauts downgraded -- Sky & Telescope
February 16, 2003: Auger experiment could resolve mystery of high-energy cosmic rays -- University of Chicago
January 7, 2003: Nearby supernova factory announces 34 supernovae in one year -- Berkeley Lab
January 6, 2003: Near-Earth supernovas -- Science@NASA
January 1, 2003: Cosmic accelerator reveals hot spots -- CERN
December 13, 2002: What carries more kinetic energy than a Randy Johnson fastball, yet is only the size of an atom? -- NASA GSFC Science Question of the Week
November 26, 2002: Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPS) satellite -- NASA GSFC
November 15, 2002: Can the moon be brighter than the Sun? -- NASA GSFC Science Question of the Week
October 19, 2002: Cosmic rays 'linked to clouds' -- BBC
October 15, 2002: Direct evidence for variation in the energy loss of galactic cosmic rays due to changing levels of solar modulation -- ACE News
August 23, 2002: ESA studies the Sun-Earth climate link -- ESA
July 30, 2002: Cosmic rays linked to global warming -- AGU
July 1, 2002: Cosmic-ray observations need accelerator data -- CERN Courier
May 29, 2002: Monster Wimpzilla attack -- Eurekalert
May 29, 2002: Cosmic-ray particles could give information about neutrino mass -- CERN Courier
May 29, 2002: Remnants reveal origins of cosmic rays -- CERN Courier
May 23, 2002: Supernova poised to go off near Earth -- New Scientist
April 30, 2002: Point source for extreme cosmic rays? -- Physics News Update
April 25, 2002: Cosmic rays reveal their roots -- Physics Web
April 25, 2002: Research points to supernova origin for cosmic-ray protons -- Scientific American
April 23, 2002: Energy disappears high in atmosphere, scientists say -- NASA GSFC
April 23, 2002: Cosmic ray mystery 'solved' -- BBC
April 23, 2002: Retired quasars generate most energetic cosmic rays -- Spaceflight Now
April 22, 2002: Retired quasars live on to generate the fastest, most energetic cosmic rays -- Imagine the Universe!
April 21, 2002: Retired quasars live on to generate the fastest, most energetic cosmic rays -- NASA GSFC
April 18, 2002: How ultra high-energy neutrinos might be made, seen -- UniSci
April 16, 2002: Ultrahigh-energy neutrinos -- Physics News Update
March 26, 2002: Helping the AMS experiment to detect antiparticles in space -- CERN Courier
March 22, 2002: Ordinary physics can't be used to study cosmic rays -- UniSci
March 1, 2002: ESA mission will study ultimate energies -- CERN Courier
March 1, 2002: Pierre Auger Observatory in action -- CERN Courier
February 1, 2002: Balloon TIGER -- NASA GSFC APOD
January 28, 2002: "Local" gamma-ray bursts are newest pieces of puzzle -- Imagine the Universe!
January 28, 2002: Snow TIGER trap -- NASA GSFC HEAPOW
January 28, 2002: More precise solar neutrino production figure determined by UW scientists -- University of Washington
January 24, 2002: NASA balloon makes record-breaking flight -- Science Daily
January 23, 2002: The 'high' points of India's astronomy -- Space.com
January 23, 2002: Giant balloon breaks endurance record -- New Scientist
January 23, 2002: NASA balloon makes record-breaking flight -- Spaceflight Now
January 23, 2002: Antarctic science balloon smashes flight mark -- CNN
January 22, 2002: NASA balloon makes record-breaking flight -- Space.com
January 22, 2002: NASA balloon makes record-breaking flight -- NASA GSFC
January 22, 2002: 'Local' gamma ray bursts may solve a mystery or two -- Spaceflight Now
January 8, 2002: Newly discovered subclass of "local" gamma ray bursts may solve a mystery or two -- NASA GSFC
January 8, 2002: Ancient supernova may have triggered eco-catastrophe -- Eurekalert
January 3, 2002: 'TIGER' scientists stalk elusive origin of cosmic rays -- Eurekalert
January 3, 2002: TIGER loose in Antarctica, searching for cosmic ray origin -- NASA GSFC
January 3, 2002: TIGER scientists stalk elusive origin of cosmic rays -- SpaceRef.com
December 26, 2001: The gas between the stars -- Scientific American
November 30, 2001: A TIGER in Antarctica -- NASA GSFC Imagine the Universe!
November 13, 2001: Old 'surfatron' concept might apply to cosmic rays -- UniSci
May 14, 2001: Moon helps hunt for mystery particles -- Space.com
March 27, 2001: Going to the ends of the Earth for cosmic rays: LSU researchers survive Antarctica -- LSU
March 20, 2001: The Grand ASCA Mission: 1993-2001 -- NASA GSFC Imagine the Universe!
January 18, 2001: 11 key questions about the universe -- PhysicsWeb
January 12, 2001: Ballooning for cosmic rays -- Science@NASA
January 7, 2001: Top 10 weirdest things in space - Number 8 is high-energy cosmic rays -- Space.com
January 1, 2001: High energies and high altitudes -- CERN Courier
December 2, 2000: SN 1006: Pieces of the cosmic ray puzzle -- NASA GSFC APOD
September 20, 2000: Climate change: new impressions from space -- ESA
September 8, 2000: Researchers developing bricks to block radiation on Mars -- CNN.com
September 4, 2000: Meteorite gives clues to solar system's early radioactivity -- Spaceflight Now
July 18, 2000: Energy-dependent electron-capture decay observed in galactic cosmic rays -- ACE News
July 9, 2000: Science takes balloon ride -- Spaceflight Now
April 11, 2000: The local interstellar cloud -- NASA GSFC APOD
February 28, 2000: Astronomers find supernova remnant being created -- Spaceflight Now
February 21, 2000: Astronomer uses computers to simulate supernova explosions -- ScienceDaily
December 21, 1999: Going prospecting inside a supernova -- NASA MSFC
December 17, 1999: Balloon flight will help scientists understand how to shield Mars crews -- NASA MSFC
December 21, 1998: Copper and zinc isotopes resolved in CRIS -- ACE News
February 13, 1998: Radioactive clock isotopes observed with CRIS -- ACE News




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