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Showing posts with label cosmic rays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cosmic rays. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

The fingerprints of the Manatee

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Cosmic ray  is a catch-all term for the high-energy particles that constantly bombard the Earth's upper atmosphere.  The majority of the...
Monday, November 27, 2023

Brighter than the Sun

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A frequent (and maddening) thing in science journalism is when they lead news stories with clickbait-y headlines like "This Will Rewrit...
Thursday, October 27, 2022

Cosmic storms

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Because we clearly  don't have enough to worry about, a new paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society A  describes apparent solar storm ...
Friday, January 29, 2021

The postman always rings twice

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When I started this blog ten years ago, I knew that I was gonna get hate mail.  It was inevitable, given my own strong opinions and the natu...
Friday, August 21, 2020

Deadly fireworks

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I've always thought it would be amazingly cool to witness a supernova. Imagine it.  Within a few hours, a dim, ordinary-looking star i...
Tuesday, May 22, 2018

When the volcano blows

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A recommendation for bloggers and other commentators: if you are going to write about science, make sure you understand the damn science.  A...
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