Sentences with phrase «space radiation detector»

The measurements have also played a vital role in UNH space scientists» efforts to develop both the first Web - based tool for predicting and forecasting the radiation environment in near - Earth, lunar, and Martian space environments and a space radiation detector that possesses unprecedented performance capabilities.

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Scientists from the University of New Hampshire and colleagues have published comprehensive findings on space - based radiation as measured by a UNH - led detector aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).

The country's newest space lab, Tiangong - 2, for example, hosts a number of scientific payloads, including an advanced atomic clock and a $ 3.4 - million detector called POLAR for the study of γ - ray bursts — blasts of high - energy radiation from collapsing stars and other sources.

The papers in a special issue of the journal Space Weather document and quantify measurements made since 2009 by the Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER) radiation detector.

To understand how cold this is, remember that even in the depths of space, residual radiation from the Big Bang keeps things at a relatively toasty 4.86 degrees Fahrenheit above absolute zero, making the inside of the CDMS detector one of the coldest places in the entire universe.

It was the first cosmic event in history to be witnessed via both traditional telescopes, which can observe electromagnetic radiation like gamma rays, and gravitational wave detectors, which sense the wrinkles in space - time produced by distant cataclysms.