30 May 2023
Three decades ago, we spotted the single most energetic particle ever seen, nicknamed the 'Oh-My-God particle'. Since then, we have seen many more ultra-high-energy cosmic rays – and now we are unravelling the mystery of what produces them
7 December 2021
At higher latitudes, traditional GPS navigation is not reliable, but muons produced when cosmic rays hit Earth’s atmosphere could be used to navigate in the Arctic, as well as underground or in the water
26 August 2021
High energy cosmic rays usually come from powerful supernova explosions, but a new discovery suggests they can be released by smaller nova explosions too
12 June 2019
Godzilla is back in the film King of the monsters. Japan’s nuclear-powered creature exposes our obsession with radiation, says Simon Ings in his latest column
3 April 2019
For 30 years, one man has been obsessed with the whisperings of the aurora borealis. His search for its origins may finally be over
12 July 2018
For the first time, we have traced a high-energy neutrino back to its origin - a black hole 4 billion light years away - and solved an old cosmic mystery
