What is the Moon good for? Aside from inspiring poets, helping you see at night, and giving Neil Armstrong some place for a stroll, what can you do with it? If you ask scientists at the University of Southampton, they’ll tell you that it makes a cracking particle detector. With the help of theSquare Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope, the team hopes to use the mass of the satellite to detect the most energetic particles known; Ultra-High-Energy (UHE) cosmic rays... Continue Reading Scientists plan on turning the Moon into a giant particle detector
Section: Space
Tags: Astrophysics, Australia, Cosmic, Moon, South Africa, University of Southampton
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