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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 ...

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.

A single cosmic ray can cause an air shower of billions of particles
A look at how cosmic rays create a chain reaction that cause a lot of particles to shower down.

How cosmic rays help us understand the universe
A short video explaining how cosmic rays can tell us about the universe.

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 ...


Seeking the Cosmic Dawn
A look at the results from BICEP2 detector in the south pole which gives evidence for inflation happening at the start of the universe.