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Could black holes help explain the origins of high-energy cosmic radiation? The universe is filled with many forms of ...

Irish physicist William Rowan Hamilton’s pioneering work contained hints of the enigmatic wave–particle duality that governs ...

When two neutron stars collide, they unleash some of the most powerful forces in the universe, creating ripples in spacetime, showers of radiation, and even the building blocks of gold and platinum.

a bit like the electrons in an atom, and nuclear excitations would involve protons and neutrons jumping up and down between those shells," Jenkins explained. Like their electron analogues, these ...

Abstract: The goal of this article is to develop the necessary numerical models to study the differences of the induced current pulse shapes of protons and electrons in solid-state detectors (SSDs), ...

One of the new belts, shown in purple, included a population of protons, giving it a unique composition that hadn't been seen before. The discovery of the new belts is particularly important for ...

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