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Scientists are seeking answers to a new outer space mystery after a telescope in Utah detected the most powerful cosmic ray seen in more than three decades, according to the authors of new ...

The origin of lithium (Li), the third element of the periodic table, has long been shrouded in mystery. This element, ...

The discovery also helps narrow down what the objects might be. Since X-rays are much higher energy than radio waves, any ...

Cosmic radiation occasionally contains enormous amounts of energy, but we don’t know why or where this radiation comes from.

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The most powerful cosmic-ray electrons and positrons ever detected slamming into Earth's atmosphere carry energies so high they can only have come from relatively close by, new research has revealed.

The gamma rays detected on Earth tell us a great deal about these sources, since they travel through space undisturbed. However, in the case of charged particles, also known as cosmic rays ...

Piotr Homola, a coordinator with the Cosmic Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory (CREDO), said, "The idea that there is a link between earthquakes and cosmic radiation, in its primary form ...

These cosmic rays typically come from the extremely distant universe, from ultrapowerful events such as supernovas and quasars. Cosmic rays coming from ultrapowerful sources in the distant ...

Researchers recently detected an "ultra-high-energy" cosmic ray, which is the most powerful since the famous "Oh My God" particle was detected in 1991. They have no idea where it came from.