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Extremely high-energy particle detected falling to Earth
Amaterasu particle, one of highest-energy cosmic rays ever detected, is coming from an apparently empty region of spaceAstronomers have detected a rare and extremely high-energy particle falling to Earth that is causing bafflement because it is coming from an apparently empty region of space.
The particle, named Amaterasu after the sun goddess in Japanese mythology, is one of the highest-energy cosmic rays ever detected.
Only the most powerful cosmic events, on scales far exceeding the explosion of a star, are thought to be capable of producing such energetic particles. But Amaterasu appears to have emerged from the Local Void, an empty area of space bordering the Milky Way galaxy.
“You trace its trajectory to its source and there’s nothing high energy enough to have produced it,” said Prof John Matthews, of the University of Utah and a co-author of the paper in the journal Science that describes the discovery. “That’s the mystery of this – what the heck is going on?
- u can always count on the void... Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.neverscared
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- is that why I'm feeling down for the last couple of days?Beeswax
- u should feel up...neverscared