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Cosmic Ray Intensity Reaches Highest Levels In 50 years

Posted by samzenpus on from the start-the-mutations dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A NASA probe found that cosmic ray intensities in 2009 had increased by almost 20 percent beyond anything seen in the past 50 years. Such cosmic rays arise from distant supernova explosions and consist mostly of protons and heavier subatomic particles — just one cosmic ray could disable unlucky satellites or even put a mission to Mars in jeopardy."

6 of 263 comments (clear)

  1. Cosmic Warming? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly we need more energy-efficient stars.

  2. Oh good grief... by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will the legacy of environmental disaster that was George W. Bush's presidency never end?

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  3. Re:What are the chances? by B4light · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't suppose Candlejack has anything to do wi

  4. Re:What are the chances? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    in the olden days, by crackey we would use the
    NO CARRIER
    joke. you younguns wouldn't even know what a carrier was.
    Now get off my lawn.

  5. Re:What are the chances? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    you younguns wouldn't even know what a carrier was.

    A big boat that holds airplanes?

  6. Re:Why it's more dangerous. by Anne+Thwacks · · Score: 5, Funny

    its like being hit by a library of congress instead of a car.

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