Sunday, September 28, 2014

ScienceDaily: Cosmic Rays News

ScienceDaily: Cosmic Rays News


Turning the Moon into a cosmic ray detector

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 05:58 AM PDT

Scientists are to turn the Moon into a giant particle detector to help understand the origin of Ultra-High-Energy (UHE) cosmic rays -- the most energetic particles in the Universe. The origin of UHE cosmic rays is one of the great mysteries in astrophysics. Nobody knows where these extremely rare cosmic rays come from or how they get their enormous energies. Physicists detect them on Earth at a rate of less than one particle per square kilometer per century.

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