Sentences with phrase «galactic cosmic rays during»

Astronauts who will take part in NASA's manned Mars mission will be exposed to galactic cosmic rays during their trip to the Red Planet.

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UCI's Charles Limoli and colleagues found that exposure to highly energetic charged particles — much like those found in the galactic cosmic rays that will bombard astronauts during extended spaceflights — causes significant long - term brain damage in test rodents, resulting in cognitive impairments and dementia.

The production of nitric oxide (NO) in the stratosphere during each of the solar proton events of November 1960, September 1966, and August 1972 is calculated to have been comparable to or larger than the total average annual production of NO by the action of galactic cosmic rays.

Using data collected at the Pierre Auger Observatory during the past 3.7 years, we demonstrated a correlation between the arrival directions of cosmic rays with energy above 6 × 1019 electron volts and the positions of active galactic nuclei (AGN) lying within ∼ 75 megaparsecs.

A reduction of the solar wind during a prolonged solar minimum event would cause more galactic cosmic rays to enter the earth's atmosphere which would promote more aerosol formation thus more cloud nucleation.

«Studies of isotopes generated in the atmosphere by galactic cosmic rays show that the Sun has been exceptionally active during recent decades.

During periods of low activity, the solar wind is unable to repel as many galactic cosmic rays from the Earth's atmosphere.

First, the peak of the Carboniferous - Permian ice age occurs 50 Ma after the peak of the galactic cosmic ray flux during a long period of declining cosmic ray flux.

During periods of heightened solar activity, fewer galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) are detected by earthbound neutron monitors.