See Cosmic Rays With This Science Experiment! @museumofscience
See Cosmic Rays With This Science Experiment!  @museumofscience
Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
With this jar you can make cosmic rays visible! Try this science experiment!

In this episode of Everyday Awesome, Alex Dainis (@AlexDainisPhD) shows us how with this science experiment! you can see tracks of cosmic rays and charged particles passing through isopropyl alcohol mist. The big negatively charged muons will leave large tracks, while electrons and positrons leave tiny curly ones!

Note: To see the best results, put your container in a dark area.

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