New mission going to the space station to explore mysteries of 'cosmic rain'

Friday, August 11, 2017 - 21:32 in Astronomy & Space

A new experiment set for launch to the International Space Station will provide an unprecedented look at a rain of particles from deep space, called cosmic rays, that constantly showers our planet. The mission is designed to measure the highest-energy particles of any detector yet flown in space.

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