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Origin of Cosmic Rays Revealed

Posted by samzenpus on from the fantastic-four dept.

neutron_p writes "An international team of astronomers has produced the first ever image of an astronomical object using high energy gamma rays, helping to solve a 100 year old mystery - an origin of cosmic rays. The astronomers studied the remnant of a supernova that exploded some 1,000 years ago, leaving behind an expanding shell of debris which, seen from the Earth, is twice the diameter of the Moon. Cosmic rays are extremely energetic particles that continually bombard the Earth, thousands of them passing through our bodies every day."

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  2. Re:Long suspected, finally proven. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You have been trolled.
    You have lost, badly.
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  3. Re:Long suspected, finally proven. by RatBastard · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not to mention that "Dr. Spock" is a real human who wrote books on raising children. "Mr. Spock" is the fictional Vulcan guy.

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  4. Re:*A* source, not *the* source by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    > Supernovas are a source of cosmic rays.

    No, suprnova is a source of warez....

  5. Re:Long suspected, finally proven. by Anonymous+Custard · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Stop hurting America. - John Stewart"

    It should read:

    "Stop hhhhhurting America. - Jon Stewart"

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