Right now, as you read this very text, your DNA is getting sliced up by tiny, invisible bullets. The damage-dealers are known as cosmic rays, even though they are absolutely not rays — but the name ...

In 1991 a single atomic nucleus slammed into our atmosphere with the intensity of a macroscopic object. PBS Space Time is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, ...

Scientists have detected the second most powerful cosmic ray ever seen. An particle charged with so much energy that it appears to defy explanation appears to have been thrown from a seemingly dark ...

The surface detector array of the Telescope Array experiment, deployed by helicopter. Credit: Institute For Cosmic Ray Research, University Of Tokyo Around 30 years ago, scientists in Utah were ...

BWW catches up with Dahlia Wilde and Mick Perrin to chat about bringing OH MY GOD PARTICLE SHOW! to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. As the entire universe was born from a single event that we call ...

The past year was a big win for particle physics, as experiments and nature conspired to produce some truly stunning results. Here are the biggest stories about the smallest particles from 2023. In ...

Artist’s illustration of the extremely energetic cosmic ray observed by a surface detector array of the Telescope Array experiment, named “Amaterasu particle.” In 1991, the University of Utah Fly’s ...

Scientists in Utah have identified a rare cosmic ray that could've come from beyond the Milky Way. It has been named the "Amaterasu particle" after the Japanese sun goddess. A Telescope Array ...