Sentences with phrase «background on the cosmic ray»
Mark Follman, one of the founders of Mediabugs, wrote a piece for Mother Jones this morning with more background on the cosmic ray post, noting that repeated attempts to correct the error, so far, have been met by silence.
https://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/ Not exact matches
Dark Matter is thought to exist because of its gravitational effects on stars and galaxies, gravitational lensing (the bending of light rays) around these, and through its imprint on the Cosmic Microwave Background (the afterglow of the Big Bang).
And remember, we are talking about an additional radiation exposure in the realm of 0.0002 mSv for those living near a nuclear power plant, versus a background level of 2 to 4 mSv (depending on where you live) due to everything from cosmic rays to ground - derived radon emission to eating bananas (this last one gives you more radiation than the NPP).