Earth's magnetic field creates a previously undetected pocket of protection from radiation on the moon

High-energy particles called galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) bombard unprotected objects in space, often causing damage. Earth, ...

Radiation 'cavity' near the moon could lower astronaut exposure to cosmic radiation

For a few hours each lunar day, the radiation environment near the moon quietly shifts. Measurements now suggest that parts ...

A ‘Ghost Particle’ May Be Holding Reality Together—And It Breaks the Rules of Gravity

The collective gravity of countless neutrinos gently irons out the wrinkles in the cosmic web, preventing matter from ...
Scientific American

Earth’s magnetic field may be more powerful than we thought

A major defense against everything space throws at us, Earth’s magnetic field may even protect the moon from damaging ...
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Earth's magnetic field may be able to protect NASA’s moon base from galactic cosmic rays

A research paper described a region between Earth and the Moon where cosmic rays are deflected by our planet's magnetic field ...
Popular Mechanics

A Decade-Long Particle Survey Could Shake Up Our Understanding of Cosmic Rays

A complete survey of all the particle and antiparticle activity that goes on during the Sun’s 11-year cycle has found previously unknown ways these particles behave. Cosmic rays coming from outside ...
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Strange signals detected from Antarctic ice seem to defy laws of physics. Scientists are searching for an answer

(CNN) — Scientists are trying to solve a decade-long mystery by determining the identity of anomalous signals detected from below ice in Antarctica. The strange radio waves emerged during a search for ...

Galactic cosmic rays: Invisible rain that never stops falling

Galactic cosmic rays from distant corners of the galaxy streak through your body -- as though you barely exist -- at nearly ...