Scientists at the HESS observatory in Namibia have found the most energetic cosmic rays ever detected, reaching up to 40 teraelectronvolts. These cosmic rays appear to originate from sources close ...

"Understanding these cosmic rays allows us to unveil big particle accelerators in the universe that are often associated with the most violent phenomena." After over a decade of meticulous data ...

"This is an important result, as we can conclude that the measured CRe [cosmic ray electrons] most likely originate from very few sources in the vicinity of our own solar system, up to a maximum ...

They've detected the most energetic cosmic electrons ever observed, unlocking new avenues in our understanding of the universe. "Cosmic rays are a century-old mystery," Mathieu de Naurois, a ...

Credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library via Alamy Scientists have detected the most energetic cosmic rays ever discovered, and they're being produced by mysterious sources relatively close to ...

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Japanese researchers developed a system based on subatomic particles derived from high-energy cosmic rays to locate a person's position underground, something that existing navigation tools like ...

Scientists at High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) in Namibia have detected most energetic cosmic electrons ever observed after over a decade of meticulous data collection The discovery has ...

No, says the new research from Kyoto University, Japan, which indicates that the frequency of major solar flares that would cause a problem is only about once every 17 years. Galactic cosmic rays ...

For decades, astrophysicists assumed that the most powerful sources of cosmic rays—high-energy particles traveling through ...