Science News for Kids » light year http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sun, 19 May 2013 15:00:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Where cosmic rays are born http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/where-cosmic-rays-are-born/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/where-cosmic-rays-are-born/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:14:47 +0000 Sid Perkins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15680 Here we go! Shock waves in the clouds of gas surrounding an exploding star (as in this artist’s depiction) accelerate charged particles called protons to very high speed, creating cosmic rays. Credit: Greg Stewart, SLAC Nat'l Accelerator Lab.

New evidence links origin of these very energetic particles to massive explosions of distant stars]]> Here we go! Shock waves in the clouds of gas surrounding an exploding star (as in this artist’s depiction) accelerate charged particles called protons to very high speed, creating cosmic rays. Credit: Greg Stewart, SLAC Nat'l Accelerator Lab.

New evidence links origin of these very energetic particles to massive explosions of distant stars]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/where-cosmic-rays-are-born/feed/ 0 A diamond planet? http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/a-diamond-planet/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/a-diamond-planet/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:37:56 +0000 Sid Perkins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14998 Image_55Cancri_e

Distant, carbon-rich world could contain one-third its weight in gems that are relatively rare on Earth ]]> Image_55Cancri_e

Distant, carbon-rich world could contain one-third its weight in gems that are relatively rare on Earth ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/a-diamond-planet/feed/ 0 Black hole’s big gulp http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/05/black-holes-big-gulp/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/05/black-holes-big-gulp/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 15:43:07 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=12819 This computer simulation gives some idea of what might happen when a star gets too close to a black hole. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/JHU/UCS

Astronomers say a bright flare in space shows where a black hole tore apart a star]]> This computer simulation gives some idea of what might happen when a star gets too close to a black hole. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/JHU/UCS

Astronomers say a bright flare in space shows where a black hole tore apart a star]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/05/black-holes-big-gulp/feed/ 0