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It found that the chief health threat to the Apollo astronauts came from cosmic rays, which are more prevalent and powerful beyond the magnetic bubble that surrounds Earth.

The potential threat from cosmic radiation, particles emitted from the sun, and other stars, has caused concern for some years, even though there is no strong evidence that it can cause harm. While it ...

It's an invisible, but looming threat from outer space: distant cosmic events that can cause a computer, or even an aircraft, to crash here on Earth. Concerns have reached the point where a major ...

X-ray image of the newly discovered pulsar wind nebular associated with an extreme Galactic cosmic ray source 1LHAASO J0343+5254u, obtained by the XMM-Newton space telescope (DiKerby, Zhang, et al ...

Study reveals that high-energy cosmic rays are born in magnetic fields during neutron star mergers, a prelude to black holes.

Health can be affected by cosmic rays? In 2017, Nasa said that pregnant individuals can watch the eclipse and even if a child is born during the celestial event, its health remains fine.

There's too much antimatter in cosmic rays, showers of charged particles that pelt Earth. Could this be explained by annihilating dark matter? If so, does it point to the existence of WIMPs?

It turns out that the intensities of cosmic rays and earthquakes may be linked. It may seem a bit far-fetched—how could shifting tectonic plate and sunlight have anything to do with each other?

In the United States, the average annual dose from cosmic radiation stands at 0.34 mSv (34 mrem) per year. This relatively low dose of radiation is improbable to have any adverse effects on human ...

Cosmic rays coming from ultrapowerful sources in the distant universe can pose risks to humans on Earth — particularly frequent air travelers, who are routinely exposed at the high altitudes of ...