Archivi delle etichette: Cosmic Rays

Cosmic rays and human exploration of space

Posted on 24 marzo 2011 by

Discovery of cosmic rays In the end of the XIX century physicists, studying gas conductivity with electroscopes, discovered that they slowly discharged despite being isolated from radiation sources. In 1901 Wilson suggested that gas ionization could be due to radiation … Leggi l’articolo completo →

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ALTEA: An Italian experiment onboard the International Space Station

Posted on 21 marzo 2011 by

This is the introductive post of the series about ALTEA that I wrote in Italian and that I’m translating for all the people that are curious about this space experiment and cosmic rays. I will talk about the scientific problem … Leggi l’articolo completo →

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Earth Magnetic field

Posted on 25 febbraio 2011 by

For you english-speaking people, I started a blog in English were you can find this post and all the others related to ALTEA and cosmic rays. You can find it at http://alteaspace.wordpress.com. As requested by my Nasa friend, I wrote the … Leggi l’articolo completo →

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