Spencer Axani, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is the inventor of CosmicWatch, a portable, ...
You can't see, feel, hear, taste or smell them, but tiny particles from space are constantly raining down on us.
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The invisible threat that makes the universe hostile to computers
Computers may seem stable, but the universe constantly interferes with their most basic operations. Cosmic rays, charged particles, and background radiation can flip bits, corrupt memory, or crash ...
Cosmic rays are particles from outer space that travel across the universe. They can be made by the sun, by other stars exploding, and even black holes. They move extremely fast, nearly the speed of ...
Earth is under constant bombardment by cosmic rays, showers of high-energy particles that blast our planet from all directions at near light speed. While this might sound like the precursor to a ...
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