Superfast, subatomic-sized particles called muons have been used to wirelessly navigate underground in a reportedly world first. By using muon-detecting ground stations synchronized with an ...

Particles raining down from space offer 3-D views inside swirling tropical storms. Muons created from cosmic rays that smash into Earth’s upper atmosphere have revealed the inner workings of cyclones ...

GPS is a handy modern gadget — until you go inside, underground, or underwater. Japanese researchers want to build a GPS-like system with a twist. It uses cosmic ray muons, which can easily penetrate ...

GPS is now a mainstay of daily life, helping us with navigation, tracking, mapping, and timing across a broad spectrum of applications. But it does have a few shortcomings, most notably not being able ...

White and green electromagnetic detectors surround mounds of dirt covering instruments to detect muon particles originating from outer space at the Large High-Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) ...

Energetic particles that pop briefly into existence when cosmic rays hit Earth’s atmosphere could help assess hidden damage to buildings in Ukraine after the war ends. These particles — known as muons ...

The NOvA experiment, best known for its measurements of neutrino oscillations using particle beams from Fermilab accelerators, has been turning its eyes to the skies, examining phenomena ranging from ...

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 133, No. 1029 (2021 November), pp. 1-16 (16 pages) We evaluate the hit rate of cosmic rays and their daughter particles on the Si:As IBC ...

Cosmic rays. Artwork of high-energy particles and radiation from a star in deep space (cosmic rays) impacting molecules and atoms in the Earths atmosphere. These primary impacts cause a secondary ...

As GNSS cannot penetrate rock or water, muon technology could be used in future search and rescue efforts, to monitor undersea volcanoes, and guide autonomous vehicles underground and underwater.