cosmic rays
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WashU physicists launched SuperTIGER to study the origins of cosmic rays
The new research might also help explain how these energetic particles are accelerated to attain a speed that is close to the speed of light.
Space
NASA’s Voyager 2 could be nearing interstellar space
NASA's Voyager 2 probe, which is traveling through the outermost layer of the heliosphere, has detected an increase in cosmic rays that originate outside...
Space
NASA’s NuSTAR mission proves superstar Eta Carinae shoots cosmic rays
Astronomers know that cosmic rays with energies more prominent than 1 billion electron volts (eV) come to us from beyond nearby planetary group. But...
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Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays Come from Galaxies Far, Far Away
A new study observed that the cosmic rays emerged from outside the milky way galaxy, making their way towards earth. Scientists made this observation...