AMS

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is a particle-physics detector that looks for dark matter, antimatter and missing matter from a module attached to the outside of the International Space Station (ISS).

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Cosmic count exceeds expectation

The AMS detector on board the International Space Station has found more cosmic rays made of deuterons than expected

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Physics
13 August, 2024
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13 August, 2024

AMS’s second new life

After more than a decade in space, the AMS detector on the ISS is due for another upgrade. With its augmented potential for discovery, it will be able to investigate dark-matter-like signatures from cosmic rays

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Experiments
02 April, 2024
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02 April, 2024

AMS, a decade of cosmic discoveries

19 May 2021 marks 10 years since the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer was installed on the International Space Station and started sending data back to Earth

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Experiments
19 May, 2021
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19 May, 2021

AMS reveals properties of iron cosmic rays

The properties are unexpectedly different from those of other heavy primary cosmic rays

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Physics
17 March, 2021

Cosmic rays throw up surprises, again

Cosmic-ray data collected by the AMS detector on the International Space Station again challenge conventional theory of cosmic-ray origin and propagation

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Physics
29 May, 2020
Physics
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29 May, 2020

Fresh antimatter study by ALICE will help with search for dark matter

The study of light antinuclei – from creation to annihilation – will bolster future indirect dark matter searches

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Physics
28 May, 2020

Watch live the new spacewalk for AMS

The third spacewalk will see astronauts Luca Parmitano and Andrew Morgan install the new cooling pump system for the AMS detector tracker

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Experiments
02 December, 2019
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02 December, 2019

Spacewalk for AMS: Watch live with CERN and ESA

Watch the first of several spacewalks for AMS live on Friday 15 November from 12.50 p.m. CET

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Experiments
14 November, 2019
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14 November, 2019

Latest results from the AMS experiment

Samuel Ting delivered the latest unexpected results from the AMS experiment last week at CERN

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Experiments
31 May, 2018
Experiments
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31 May, 2018

Samuel Ting to present latest results from AMS

At a seminar at CERN today, Nobel Prize winner Samuel Ting will deliver the latest results from the AMS experiment

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Experiments
24 May, 2018

ESA astronauts visit CERN

An out-of-this world visit took place at CERN on 12 May

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Experiments
23 May, 2017
Experiments
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23 May, 2017