VERITAS telescopes help solve 100-year-old mystery: The origin of cosmic rays
Monday, November 2, 2009 - 19:07
in Astronomy & Space
Nearly 100 years ago, scientists detected the first signs of cosmic rays - subatomic particles (mostly protons) that zip through space at nearly the speed of light.
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