Milky Way's Particle Accelerators: Cosmic Rays Accelerated In Remnants Of Exploding Stars
Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 20:14
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers have now solved a long-standing mystery of the Milky Way's particle accelerators. They show that cosmic rays from our galaxy are very efficiently accelerated in the remnants of exploded stars.
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