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A blazar fires a jet of cosmic rays and neutrinos towards Earth and is absorbed by the IceCube facility at the South Pole. Figure IceCube/NASA

A collaboration between the neutrino detector and a space telescope led to the identification of a source producing cosmic rays for the first time

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Protective vest against radiation. Photo: StemRad company

Lockheed Martin and Israel's StemRad are testing a radiation shielding vest for first responders for possible use on space flights

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Prof. Kyle Kramer, New York University. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Turn your mobile phone into a cosmic particle detector

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Orion Nebula. Photo: NASA. Processing: shutterstock

Low orbit - an ULTRASAT satellite based on Israeli technology, will scan the sky in the ultraviolet range

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Victor Hess prepares to fly in a hot air balloon

An Unfolding Mystery: One Hundred Years of the Discovery of Cosmic Radiation

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Illustration of the Van Allen belt, photo: NASA

A belt of antimatter surrounds the Earth

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20 Future NASA Missions

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Cosmic rays are too weak to affect the climate

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