‘What the heck is going on?’ Extremely high-energy particle detected falling to Earth
by Hannah Devlin Science correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#6GMAC)
Amaterasu particle, one of highest-energy cosmic rays ever detected, is coming from an apparently empty region of space
Astronomers 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.
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