What’s in the news? Scientists have detected one of the most powerful cosmic rays ever slamming into Earth but they have no idea what caused it or where it came from. The extremely high-energy particle has been named Amaterasu after …
What are Cosmic Rays? Cosmic rays are streams of energetic particles and clusters of particles coming from outer space and the sun. They include protons and alpha particles (nuclei of helium atoms). Only low-intensity cosmic rays reach the earth’s surface. …