With all these connections being made about incoming cosmic rays, extreme particles and Cherencov etc.. it makes me wonder what the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer 2 (AMS-02) is really measuring when it finally becomes attached to the ISS. The space shuttle launch was yesterday.

Here's the Wiki link to AMS-02: [link to en.wikipedia.org]

I wish I had the foundational knowledge to understand all this... but gotta start somewhere I suppose :)