Awards and Reviews The editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica have
chosen Cosmicopia as a Britannica iGuide site. Britannica
identifies and screens web sites to supplement their own
content, and selects sites with high-quality content to present
as recommended resources for their online readers. Cosmicopia is
the NetWatch column's featured education website in the December
16, 2005 issue of Science. From the column, available here:
"Cosmic rays spew from the sun, hurtle out of the remains of
supernovas, and escape from other extraterrestrial sources. The
speeding space particles, which constantly pelt Earth, interest
astronomers studying questions such as the composition of the
galaxy. NASA's Cosmicopia explains cosmic rays and related
topics such as space weather for students and the public.
Subjects include Earth's magnetosphere, the magnetic cloak
around the planet that rebuffs many cosmic rays. The site also
offers a Q&A written by experts, a timeline of ray research, and
links to news stories." The Cosmic a