Cosmic Ray 'Hot Spots' Bombarding Earth With Cosmic Rays

Monday, November 24, 2008 - 11:49 in Astronomy & Space

A Los Alamos National Laboratory cosmic-ray observatory has seen for the first time two distinct hot spots that appear to be bombarding Earth with an excess of cosmic rays. The research calls into question nearly a century of understanding about galactic magnetic fields near our solar system.

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