2006-06-12 01:56:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Considering that sunlight could be considered a "cosmic ray", and there are a few different means of producing electricity from sunlight, the answer is yes.
2006-06-12 02:16:46 · answer #1 · answered by Flyboy 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Any electromagnetic field will produce a current in a wire that is moved through that field. This is how hydro-electric dams work. Water flow turns a generator of magnets. As these magnets and their respective magnet fields pass by wires, current is induced in those wires and carried away to relays, transformers etc to your home.
Anyway, cosmic radiation, which can be considered a part of the electromagnetic spectrum, has an electromagnetic field, and that field when passing a wire should then induce a current in that wire. So, yes.
2006-06-12 02:17:28 · answer #2 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, cosmic rays are the nuclei of atoms that have been accelerated to nearly the speed of light by black hole hyper jets, supernovae etc. When they hit, they break stuff on the subatomic level. It'd be like to make a current with a bullet, a very small , very fast one.
2006-06-12 02:18:42 · answer #3 · answered by corvis_9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well not directly since they are particles and not electrical, but if you mean can they be converted like solar energy, I suppose that any particle can be used in a device to convert it's kinetic energy to a current. THe quesiton is is it worth it? If you had a satellite above the earth's atmosphere, it could interact with them, but I'm sure the energy would be minimal.
2006-06-12 04:38:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋