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Related: About this forumPowerful "sun goddess" cosmic ray strikes Earth from mysterious, unknown origin
11-25-2023
ByEric Ralls
Earth.com staff writer
A recent scientific discovery could be straight out of a science fiction novel. Researchers involved in the Telescope Array experiment have identified an extraordinarily energetic cosmic ray. This particle, named Amaterasu, originated from outside our galaxy and boasts an energy level of approximately 240 exa-electron volts (EeV).
Despite its remarkable detection, the analysis reveals that the direction from which this cosmic ray arrived does not align with any discernible source.
Cosmic rays are not just particles from space; they are energetic charged particles that come from both galactic and extragalactic sources. Among these, the extremely high-energy cosmic rays are particularly rare and fascinating.
These rays can possess energy levels greater than 10^18 electron volts (EeV), a figure that is about a million times higher than the energy achievable by the most powerful human-made accelerators.
More:
https://www.earth.com/news/amaterasu-extremely-high-energy-cosmic-ray-detected-with-no-clear-source/
niyad
(119,670 posts)JohnSJ
(96,436 posts)Bayard
(24,145 posts)The Sun Goddess is smiting us.
AllaN01Bear
(23,006 posts)FalloutShelter
(12,730 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(36,571 posts)KS Toronado
(19,531 posts)sdfernando
(5,377 posts)Similar to a microwave modified recipe. 😝
lastlib
(24,848 posts)Up......
2naSalit
(92,481 posts)For years I had wished, out of exasperation, that perhaps some cosmic ray from way outer space would blast the planet with some kind of energy that would render every gun, bomb, weapon with a trigger or firing mechanism useless. All of them as lethal as a Q-tip.
Maybe I should put some more "juice" into that!
lapfog_1
(30,104 posts)consider it a "reboot" for Earth.
Duppers
(28,245 posts)I found an article about that last night and sent it to d.h. who said there's a paper coming out which can explain it!!
Thx you for all your enlightening posts, Judi. You keep us updated.
chowder66
(9,802 posts)peppertree
(22,850 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,313 posts)Permanut
(6,624 posts)Every discovery, every cosmic event tells us just a little more about how the universe works. Fascinating, Judi Lynn, thanks for posting.
BWdem4life
(2,457 posts)And there ARE other massive things in the universe. So, probably it didn't go in a straight line to us from wherever it came from. Either that, or the object it came from no longer exists.