cosmic rays

Cosmic rays are high-energy particles that originate outside the Solar System.

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Happy International Cosmic Day

International Cosmic Day takes place for the sixth time on 30 November with high-school students from around the world investigating cosmic rays

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Knowledge sharing
30 November, 2017
Knowledge sharing
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30 November, 2017

First cosmic-ray results from CALET telescope on ISS

Having docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on 25 August 2015, CALET is carrying out a full science programme

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Experiments
28 November, 2017
Experiments
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28 November, 2017

Cosmic collisions at the LHCb experiment

What happens when protons in cosmic rays collide with helium nuclei? The LHCb experiment is on the case

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Experiments
27 March, 2017
Experiments
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27 March, 2017

Smallest LHC experiment has cosmic outing

The LHCf experiment begins its annual run to study cosmic rays

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Experiments
17 November, 2016
Experiments
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17 November, 2016

CLOUD shows pre-industrial skies cloudier than we thought

CERN’s CLOUD experiment points to a cloudier pre-industrial climate in two Nature papers published today

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Experiments
25 May, 2016

First results from cosmic-ray detector designed by students

The Langton Ultimate Cosmic-ray Intensity Detector used CERN Medipix particle detectors to collect data from space

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Physics
20 July, 2015

AMS days: experiments present latest results

Results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the International Space Station will be the focus of the three-day “AMS Days at CERN” meeting

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Experiments
15 April, 2015
Experiments
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15 April, 2015

How to make your own cloud chamber

Build a cosmic-ray detector in the classroom to see tracks left by particles from outer space

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Experiments
21 January, 2015
Experiments
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21 January, 2015

TEDed animates clouds and cosmic rays

TEDed and particle physicist at CERN Jasper Kirkby come together to animate the effect of clouds on the Earth’s climate

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Experiments
08 October, 2014
Experiments
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08 October, 2014

TEDed and CERN team up to animate cosmic rays

AMS physicist Veronica Bindi narrates a quirky explanation of particles from outer space

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Physics
06 October, 2014

Jamming with the cosmos: CERN and the music of physics

CERN physicists joined composers and musicians to rock out with the universe at the Montreux jazz festival this week

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Physics
16 July, 2014

Cosmic rays tune ATLAS for a particle symphony

In preparation for the LHC's next run, physicists are calibrating the ATLAS experiment - with high-energy rays from outer space

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Accelerators
27 June, 2014