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Title	Author	Type	Date	Words
Observations of starburst galaxies provide clue to cosmic ray origins: detection of gamma rays solidifies supernova explanation.	Cowen, Ron		Dec 5, 2009	699
Team finds abundant heavy nuclei in the highest-energy cosmic rays: iron's presence deepens puzzle about rare particles' origins.	Cowen, Ron		Jul 18, 2009	551
Cosmic mystery: high-energy invaders from space could signal a nearby pulsar, or perhaps dark matter.	Gaidos, Susan		Feb 28, 2009	1999
Get the lowdown on the solar wind: long decline in sun's activity drops barrier to cosmic rays.	Cowen, Ron	Brief article	Oct 25, 2008	172
Science past: 50 years ago: from Science News letter, May 10, 1958.		Brief article	May 10, 2008	136
Solving a cosmic ray conundrum.	Cowen, Ron	Brief article	Apr 12, 2008	293
Supernova outbreak: X rays signal earliest alert.	Cowen, Ron		Mar 8, 2008	479
Cosmic push: finding pieces of a dark puzzle.	Cowen, R.		Jan 21, 2006	511
Cosmic ray font: supernova remnants rev up ions.	Cowen, R.		Oct 1, 2005	438
Particle shower may spotlight loose nukes. (Muon Manna?).	Weiss, P.		Mar 22, 2003	448
Cosmic rays from the solar system. (Astronomy).		Brief Article	Nov 9, 2002	271
Super wallops: tracking the origin of cosmic rays.	Cowen, R.	Brief Article	Apr 27, 2002	584
The black hole next door; mighty particle collisions may bring black holes to venues near you.	Weiss, Peter Ulrich		Mar 23, 2002	1953
Lead blocks may catch nuclear killer.		Brief Article	May 12, 2001	247
Moon may radio cosmic rays' biggest hits.	Weiss, P.	Brief Article	Mar 31, 2001	484
Muon orbits may defy main physics theory.	Weiss, P.	Brief Article	Feb 17, 2001	731
Birth zone shrinks for top cosmic rays.	Weiss, Peter Ulrich	Brief Article	Aug 15, 1998	555
Cosmic rays sow the seeds of cloud growth.	Monastersky, Richard	Brief Article	Mar 14, 1998	489
High-energy cosmic rays raise questions.		Brief Article	Jun 1, 1996	462
Cosmic rays: ASCA finds a superior origin.	Cowen, Ron	Brief Article	Nov 18, 1995	363
Tracking origin of cosmic ray bursts.			Jun 1, 1994	524
Turning a fly's eye on energetic cosmic rays.	Peterson, Ivars		Dec 4, 1993	495
Catching some rays: Earth-based detectors hunt for violent stellar events.	Cowen, Ron	Cover Story	May 11, 1991	3243
Galactic magnetism on a gigantic scale.	Peterson, Ivars		Jun 16, 1990	406
Triton's geysers: solar-powered scenario.	Eberhart, Jonathan		Mar 24, 1990	264
New evidence of budding solar system.	Cowen, R.		Mar 10, 1990	835
Marvelous mystery cosmic radiation.	Thomsen, Dietrick E.		Apr 11, 1987	656
Stringing out a cosmic image, perhaps.	Thomsen, Dietrick E.		May 17, 1986	555