Some space radiation crashing into Earth has an explosive origin. Astronomers spotted wreckage from a supernova explosion potentially capable of blasting out highenergy particles – or cosmic rays – that frequently bombard Earth. Their new findings link shock waves and wreckage created by dying stars to natural high-energy proton accelerators in space, dubbed PeVatrons. These intriguing cosmic accelerators – which receive their name from their ability to boost the energies of particles to extreme petaelectronvolt
SUPERNOVA WRECKAGE BLASTS OUT COSMIC RAYS
Sep 08, 2022
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