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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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  1. Sensationalist title by djago · · Score: 0, Troll

    If I don't read wrong, the article is entitled "Possible origin of cosmic rays revealed with gamma rays". The word possible means "could be". This is cheap sensationalism.