Researchers have detected an extremely energetic cosmic ray from an unknown source in the universe. The detection of a cosmic ray with such high energy is "exceedingly rare" and the latest discovery, ...

The surface detector array of the Telescope Array experiment, deployed by helicopter. Credit: Institute For Cosmic Ray Research, University Of Tokyo Around 30 years ago, scientists in Utah were ...

UTAH (CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - Scientists have detected the second most-powerful cosmic ray from beyond the Milky Way. Named the "Amaterasu Particle" after the sun goddess in Japanese mythology, the ...

There are plenty of mysteries in the cosmos, and researchers from the University of Utah have found a new clue in one from more than 30 years ago. In 1991, scientists detected a cosmic ray so powerful ...

An extremely energetic cosmic ray – an extragalactic particle with an energy exceeding ~240 exa-electron volts (EeV) – has been detected by the Telescope Array experiment’s surface detector, ...

To reach this conclusion, scientists studied millions of data points captured by a cosmic ray detector on the ISS. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Scientists have recently identified electrons and positrons with the highest energies ever recorded on Earth. They provide evidence of cosmic processes emitting colossal amounts of energy, the origins ...

(CNN) — Space scientists seeking to understand the enigmatic origins of powerful cosmic rays have detected an extremely rare, ultra-high-energy particle that they believe traveled to Earth from beyond ...

Georgia State Regents’ Professor of Physics and Astronomy Xiaochun He and his students have developed a detector to measure cosmic rays and investigate how space weather can impact our changing ...

China’s Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO)–one of the country’s key national science and technology infrastructure facilities–has found a dozen ultra-high-energy (UHE) cosmic ...

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