22-year study at Ooty observatory uses cosmic muon particles to monitor Earth's upper atmosphere and Sun's magnetic field
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Scientists at the GRAPES-3 muon telescope observatory in Ooty, Tamil Nadu, analyzed 22 years of data (2001-2022) tracking cosmic muons — subatomic particles from space — to simultaneously measure Earth's upper atmosphere temperature and the Sun's magnetic field strength. This long-term study demonstrates a novel method for monitoring both terrestrial climate and solar weather using continuous particle showers from space.
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· 3 pulledAt a high-altitude observatory in Ooty, Tamil Nadu, scientists have spent the last 22 years tracking billions of invisible particles raining down from space to better understand Earth's climate and solar weather.
Using the massive GRAPES-3 muon telescope, researchers from India and Japan analysed data from 2001 to 2022 to measure how variations in...
Scientists have discovered that tracking the continuous shower of subatomic particles from space allows them to simultaneously measure both the temperature of Earth's upper atmosphere and the strength of the Sun's magnetic field.
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