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Low-Cost Particle Detector Tracks Cosmic Rays Passing Through Earth

A pocket-sized detector costing about $100, originally built as a student physics project, is now used in major experiments, balloon missions, and potentially future spacecraft to observe cosmic particles that pass through Earth and the human body.

A $100 detector can see invisible particles raining down from space
Low-Cost Particle Detector Tracks Cosmic Rays Passing Through Earth
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A pocket-sized detector costing about $100, originally built as a student physics project, is now used in major experiments, balloon missions, and potentially future spacecraft to observe cosmic particles that pass through Earth and the human body.