Star Stuff

Author: Meredith, Dennis

Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 45, Number 3, 1982, pp. 15-21

Part of: Engineering and Science, Volume 45:3, January 1982

Item Category: Feature Articles

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:45.3.Meredith

Abstract

Humans may never reach the stars, but in a real sense the stars have already reached us in the form of bombardment by cosmic rays. Scientists at Caltech's Space Radiation Laboratory are active in trying to understand the nature and origin of these particles.

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