cosmic particles

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• Cosmic ray — For the film, see Cosmic Ray (film). Cosmic radiation redirects here. For some background types of cosmic radiation, see cosmic background radiation and cosmic background. The energy spectrum for cosmic rays Cosmic rays are energetic charged… …   Wikipedia

• Cosmic Background Explorer — (COBE) General information NSSDC ID 1989 089A Organization NASA …   Wikipedia

• cosmic rays — plural noun Highly penetrating rays from interstellar space, consisting of protons, electrons, positrons, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑cosmos * * * cosmic rays UK US noun [plural] cosmic radiation Thesaurus: radioactivity and radiationhyponym * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• Cosmic ray visual phenomena — Cosmic ray visual phenomena, also referred to as phosphenes or light flashes , are spontaneous flashes of light visually perceived by astronauts outside the magnetosphere of the Earth, such as during the Apollo program. Researchers believe that… …   Wikipedia

• Cosmic infrared background — (CIB) is a mysterious infrared light coming from outer space. It is slowly being resolved into specific sources by infrared telescopes. In some ways it is analogous to the cosmic microwave background, but at shorter wavelengths. Contents 1… …   Wikipedia

• cosmic rays — ☆ cosmic rays n. streams of high energy charged particles from outer space, composed of protons, alpha particles, and a few heavier nuclei, which bombard the atoms in the upper atmosphere and produce various secondary nuclear particles which… …   Universalium

• cosmic rays — ☆ cosmic rays n. streams of high energy charged particles from outer space, composed of protons, alpha particles, and a few heavier nuclei, which bombard the atoms in the upper atmosphere and produce various secondary nuclear particles which… …   English World dictionary

• Cosmic dust — Space dust redirects here. For other uses, see Space dust (disambiguation). Porous chondrite interplanetary dust particle. Cosmic dust is a type of dust composed of particles in space which are a few molecules to 0.1 µm in size. Cosmic dust… …   Wikipedia

• cosmic ray — Physics. a radiation of high penetrating power that originates in outer space and consists partly of high energy atomic nuclei. [1920 25, Amer.] * * * High speed particle (atomic nucleus or electron) that travels through the Milky Way Galaxy.… …   Universalium

• Cosmic-ray observatory — A cosmic ray observatory is a scientific installation built to detect high energy particles coming from space called cosmic rays. This typically includes photons (high energy light), electrons, protons, and some heavier nuclei, as well as… …   Wikipedia

• Cosmic inflation — In physical cosmology, cosmic inflation is the idea that the universe passed through a phase of exponential expansion that was driven by a negative pressure vacuum energy density. [Liddle and Lyth (2000) and Mukhanov (2005) are recent cosmology… …   Wikipedia