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Read article: Record-breaking gamma ray is smoking gun for Milky Way cosmic rays Astroparticle physics Research update Record-breaking gamma ray is smoking gun for Milky Way cosmic rays The Tibet ASγ experiment has discovered ultrahigh-energy gamma rays spread across the Milky Way
Read article: Physics in the pandemic: making particles from space tangible for schoolkids Education and outreach Blog Physics in the pandemic: making particles from space tangible for schoolkids Andrew Ferguson took a muon detector project into UK schools – and kept the study going despite COVID-19 restrictions
Read article: Glashow resonance is spotted in a neutrino detector at long last Astroparticle physics Research update Glashow resonance is spotted in a neutrino detector at long last Observation could boost our understanding of the origins of astrophysical neutrinos
Read article: Prototype detector uses cosmic muons to scan shipping containers Imaging Research update Prototype detector uses cosmic muons to scan shipping containers Technique can find dense materials such as plutonium and uranium
Read article: Dark-matter detector result is consistent with previous hint of exotic particles Astroparticle physics Research update Dark-matter detector result is consistent with previous hint of exotic particles China’s PandaX-II does not dispute XENON1T detections
Read article: Japanese Nobel-prize-winning neutrino pioneer Masatoshi Koshiba dies aged 94 Personalities News Japanese Nobel-prize-winning neutrino pioneer Masatoshi Koshiba dies aged 94 Masatoshi Koshiba shared the 2002 Nobel prize for the detection of cosmic neutrinos
Read article: Neutron stars may contain free quarks Astroparticle physics Research update Neutron stars may contain free quarks Quark-matter cores likely in the most massive stars, say researchers
Read article: Titanic stellar explosion scrambles magnetic fields Astroparticle physics Research update Titanic stellar explosion scrambles magnetic fields Observations of a highly energetic gamma-ray burst prompt a re-think of how magnetic fields behave during these cosmic cataclysms
Read article: IceCube identifies four galaxies as likely sources of cosmic rays Astroparticle physics Research update IceCube identifies four galaxies as likely sources of cosmic rays Neutrino detector at the South Pole pinpoints gargantuan particle accelerators
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