Cars, trucks, planets, and other materials which we encounter in everyday life are composed of subatomic particles such as electrons, proton, and neutrons. However, another kind of matter known as ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) particle detector, a $2 billion collaborative project by 16 nations, has been moved to Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39A, where ...

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment hangs on the side of the International Space Station, June 29, 2012. The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment and an astronaut are seen in a reflected self ...

S134-E-007532 (20 May 2011) — The starboard truss of the International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS-134 crew member while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with ...

Let that long-held breath out, folks. The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer has picked up a lot of mysterious antimatter in low Earth orbit – but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a sign of dark matter. In ...

One of the most complex space scientific instruments ever built, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, escorted by astronauts who will fly with it on ...

The AMS particle detector will take off on 29 April 2011 at 21.47 CEST onboard the very last mission of the space Shuttle Endeavour. AMS, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, will then be installed on the ...