Cosmic Rays from Old Quasars?

frankske writes "The mystery of the galactic cosmic rays has been solved, according to NASA... From the article: "The American space agency (Nasa) scientists think these fragments of matter come from "retired" quasars, galaxies containing supermassive black holes that once shone with astonishing brilliance. ""

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Fools

[TheGreenLantern]

Don't they know that the true power behind cosmic rays is The Power Cosmic, and hence Galactus, The Immortal Destroyer of Worlds? But in the end it doesn't really matter; I'm sure that if Galactus were here, he'd remind us that he is beyond the cares of fleeting mortals.

Alterslash ain't the only one "stealing"

[aozilla]

Michael says frankse says the BBC says NASA scientists think "these fragments of matter come from "retired" quasars, galaxies containing supermassive black holes that once shone with astonishing brilliance."

Cosmic Rays?

[hij]

we see the hint of a possible connection between the arrival directions of ultra-high energy cosmic rays and locations on the sky of nearby dormant galaxies

Can't they be a bit more specific? Are they talking about gamma radiation? They shouldn't use such general terms, otherwise I might confuse this with the messages from Krang that keep getting trapped in my skull. (I'm assuming they aren't referring to some intergalactic dude named "Ray".)