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High-Energy Particle “Amaterasu”

February 17 , 2024 282 days 345 0
  • Scientists have detected an extremely powerful particle with ultra-high energy.
  • They believed that it has travelled to Earth from beyond the Milky Way galaxy.
  • It has been named the "sun goddess" (Amaterasu in Japanese) particle and is extraordinary.
  • This particle has an energy level one million times greater than what can be generated in most powerful particle accelerators.
  • It rivals the single most energetic cosmic ray ever observed, the "Oh-My-God" particle that was detected in 1991.

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