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6 Things you may not know about the afterglow of the big bang
What is radioactivity?
The Herschel Space Observatory
Nobel-prize winning accidents
All about... the Venus transit
The Radioactive Orchestra
Could your phone harm your health?
All about... the International Space Station
What is antimatter?
Alarms and Sirens
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Mystery of cosmic rays' origin finally solved
The origins of cosmic rays have finally been found using the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope.
Cambridge Cosmology
Links and information on all aspects of cosmology including the Big Bang, Galaxies and Clusters, Cosmic Radiation and Cosmic Strings. All the information is supported with images and there are a ...
Cosmic Rays
A site about cosmic rays. Specifically: what they are, where they come from, and how they are detected.
South Pole Telescope
The South Pole telescope (or SPT) is designed to study the Cosmic Microwave background. This telescope provides astronomers with a powerful new tool to explore dark energy, the mysterious phenomena ...
Lord Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett
Lord Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett (1897 - 1974) work was focused on cosmic rays and he helped designed a counter-controlled cloud chamber, a brilliant invention which managed to make cosmic rays ...
Cosmic Evolution
This is a fantastic site that covers more than just physics and tracks the history of our universe right from its beginnings. It has lots of information but also movies to watch and teacher resources.
Cosmic variance
A blog written by a group of physicists and astrophysicists on the stuff that interests them: science but also arts, politics, culture, technology, academia, and miscellaneous trivia
Cosmicopia - space science
A wealth of info about the sun, the earth's magnetosphere, space weather, cosmic rays, solar wind etc
Cecil F. Powell
Cecil F. Powell (1903 - 1969) developed photographic emulsions of increased sensitivity, to experiments on cosmic radiation. He received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1950.