Physicists Spot Potential Source of 'Oh-My-God' Particles

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday July 9, 2014 @02:06AM from the giant-alien-particle-acceleration-experiment dept.

sciencehabit (1205606) writes For decades, physicists have sought the sources of the most energetic subatomic particles in the universe — cosmic rays that strike the atmosphere with as much energy as well-thrown baseballs. Now, a team working with the Telescope Array, a collection of 507 particle detectors covering 700 square kilometers of desert in Utah, has observed a broad 'hotspot' in the sky in which such cosmic rays seem to originate. Although not definitive, the observation suggests the cosmic rays emanate from a distinct source near our galaxy and not from sources spread all over the universe.

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Happy Hump Day from The Golden Girls! by Anonymous Coward · 2014-07-09 02:10 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Thank you for being a friend
Traveled down the road and back again
Your heart is true, you're a pal and a cosmonaut.
And if you threw a party
Invited everyone you knew
You would see the biggest gift would be from me
And the card attached would say, thank you for being a friend.