Comments on: Attack of the galactic subatomic particles http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/11/02/attack-of-the-galactic-subatomic-particles/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:42:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John Paradox http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/11/02/attack-of-the-galactic-subatomic-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-224237 John Paradox Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:26:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=6972#comment-224237 @WM: Yeah, the Cosmic Rays that mutated the Fantastic Four (and the Power Cosmic of the Silver Surfer), and gamma rays that mutated Bruce Banner to The Hulk. Then, Spider-Man was mutated via a 'radioactive' (Gamma?) spider. One of the reasons I love reading the occasional Radioactive Man (The Simpsons spinoff) J/P=? @WM:

Yeah, the Cosmic Rays that mutated the Fantastic Four (and the Power Cosmic of the Silver Surfer), and gamma rays that mutated Bruce Banner to The Hulk.
Then, Spider-Man was mutated via a ‘radioactive’ (Gamma?) spider.

One of the reasons I love reading the occasional Radioactive Man (The Simpsons spinoff)

J/P=?

]]> By: WM http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/11/02/attack-of-the-galactic-subatomic-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-224197 WM Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:37:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=6972#comment-224197 On a tangential note ---- While reading this post, I thought of something which the pop culture geek in you may have also thought of. Cosmic rays, gamma rays, and Marvel. (I seem to remember a What If? where Dr. Banner's gamma irradiation was used to undo Ben Grimm to mundane form.) On a tangential note —- While reading this post, I thought of something which the pop culture geek in you may have also thought of. Cosmic rays, gamma rays, and Marvel. (I seem to remember a What If? where Dr. Banner’s gamma irradiation was used to undo Ben Grimm to mundane form.)

]]> By: Sili http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/11/02/attack-of-the-galactic-subatomic-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-224187 Sili Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:02:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=6972#comment-224187 For those asking about the EM/gamma-ray/cosmic ray mix-up, go read Astroprof - he's doing a series on just that issue at the moment. For those asking about the EM/gamma-ray/cosmic ray mix-up, go read Astroprof – he’s doing a series on just that issue at the moment.

]]> By: HolidayNova http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/11/02/attack-of-the-galactic-subatomic-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-224182 HolidayNova Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:25:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=6972#comment-224182 When they say weak source of gamma rays they don't mean weak gamma rays. Weak Cosmic rays would make sense and would mean low to no gamma rays. Gamma rays are the strongest form of EM radiation, they have so much energy (extremely high frequency) that they have a high probability of turning into matter anti matter pairs. But while they are gamma rays they are still definitely an extreme high energy form of light. When they say weak source of gamma rays they don’t mean weak gamma rays. Weak Cosmic rays would make sense and would mean low to no gamma rays. Gamma rays are the strongest form of EM radiation, they have so much energy (extremely high frequency) that they have a high probability of turning into matter anti matter pairs. But while they are gamma rays they are still definitely an extreme high energy form of light.

]]> By: I'd rather be fishin' http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/11/02/attack-of-the-galactic-subatomic-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-224116 I'd rather be fishin' Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:33:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=6972#comment-224116 I saw it too and mentioned it to my physics teacher. He explained that the chart was in order of increasing energy, not just of the EM spectrum. I saw it too and mentioned it to my physics teacher. He explained that the chart was in order of increasing energy, not just of the EM spectrum.

]]> By: TheBlackCat http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/11/02/attack-of-the-galactic-subatomic-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-224111 TheBlackCat Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:58:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=6972#comment-224111 My high school chemistry professor had an EM spectrum poster on his wall that had cosmic rays. It was also in several of my textbooks, and in another poster at a science camp I went to when I was 7 or 8. My high school chemistry professor had an EM spectrum poster on his wall that had cosmic rays. It was also in several of my textbooks, and in another poster at a science camp I went to when I was 7 or 8.

]]> By: llewelly http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/11/02/attack-of-the-galactic-subatomic-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-224089 llewelly Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:56:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=6972#comment-224089 That damn electro-magnetic spectrum chart which depicted cosmic rays as if they were the highest energy part of the EM spectrum really got around. I saw it too. That damn electro-magnetic spectrum chart which depicted cosmic rays as if they were the highest energy part of the EM spectrum really got around. I saw it too.

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