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… Mars itself lacks a magnetic field, so it offers little protection from cosmic rays. An underground shelter could be used to protect astronauts during the mission on Mars, but it may not be practical to shield a spacecraft heavily enough to block incoming cosmic rays. …
… These so-called "cosmic neutrinos" would be very high energy and indicative of energetic cosmic events far away in space . …
… Instead of squishing this cosmic tarantula, let's zoom in on it and see what Webb really caught. …
… Right now, the team is hoping that a cosmic ray will strike the internal components and reboot the craft. That's not as far-fetched as you might think -- apparently most CubeSats experience cosmic ray-related reboots within 3-6 weeks in space. …
… While Proxima Centauri is very close in cosmic terms, its planetary plane doesn't align with Earth. …
… It's so far out of band that it's a little like the OMG particle Opens in a new window , a single proton of cosmic origin that was going so fast it had the effective kinetic energy of a line drive. …
… Now Read: This Week in Space: Crickets, Cosmic Spiders, and More on Artemis This Giant Claw Could Soon Clean Up Space Junk A Nearby Super-Earth May Be Suitable for Life
… Image credit: The Cosmic Perspective / Jeffrey O. …
… The question on my mind, of course, is whether we could throw out some cosmic buckets to catch some of Jupiter's diamond rain. …
… At this distance from Earth, the New Horizons probe needs an efficient system to avoid taxing limited power reserves -- but it also needs a CPU that can withstand substantial bombardment from cosmic rays and other stellar phenomena. …