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Cosmic rays being sent towards the Earth are not coming from where we thought, scientists say – The Independent
Cosmic rays that bombard the Earth are not coming from where we thought, scientists say – and we might have found their source.
Cosmic rays that bombard the Earth are not coming from where we thought, scientists say and we might have found their source.
For decades researchers have thought that the cosmic rays that come to the Earth from the edges of the galaxy begin in stars that go supernova. That happens when they grow so large that they are unable to support their own cores, and explode.
Researchers can be sure that such cosmic rays are reaching us and at such high velocities because of experiments including the High-Altitude…
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