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100 Years of Cosmic Ray Discovery

Special | 28m 35sVideo has Closed Captions

Learn the history of cosmic ray research from Mike Duvernois.

Aired 05/22/2012 | Rating TV-G

University Place

100 Years of Cosmic Ray Discovery

Special | 28m 35sVideo has Closed Captions

Learn the history of cosmic ray research from Mike Duvernois.

Mike Duvernois, the Scientist Instrument Project Manager at the WI IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, discusses cosmic rays. Austrian physicist Victor Franz Hess, experimenting with balloons in 1912, found an unexpected increase in atmospheric radiation as his balloon rose. The mysterious radiation particles were named “cosmic rays.” To this day, their origins are still unknown.

Aired 05/22/2012 | Rating TV-G

University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

University Place

100 Years of Cosmic Ray Discovery

Special | 28m 35sVideo has Closed Captions

Mike Duvernois, the Scientist Instrument Project Manager at the WI IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, discusses cosmic rays. Austrian physicist Victor Franz Hess, experimenting with balloons in 1912, found an unexpected increase in atmospheric radiation as his balloon rose. The mysterious radiation particles were named “cosmic rays.” To this day, their origins are still unknown.

Aired 05/22/2012 | Rating TV-G

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