The most energetic cosmic ray ever observed, detected more than 30 years ago, was 320 exa-electron volts. For reference, 1 exa-electron volt equals 1 billion gigaelectron-volts, and 1 gigaelectron ...

Scientists using the Telescope Array in Utah detected the second highest-energy cosmic ray ever. The singular subatomic particle was equivalent to dropping a brick on someone’s toe from waist ...

A mysterious shipwreck suddenly appeared on the shores of a Newfoundland coastal community last month, believed to have been dislodged from the seabed by a fierce storm. Now, as a new storm ...

Scientists in Utah have identified a rare cosmic ray that could've come from beyond the Milky Way. It has been named the "Amaterasu particle" after the Japanese sun goddess. A Telescope Array ...

Space scientists have detected an extremely rare, ultra-high-energy particle that they believe traveled to Earth from beyond the Milky Way galaxy.

Mysterious cosmic ray observed in Utah came from beyond our galaxy, scientists say. Katie Hunt. Thu, November 23, 2023 at 7:32 PM UTC. ... — an area nearly the size of Rhode Island, ...

The Telescope Array, which started operating in 2008, is made up of 507 ping-pong table-size surface detectors covering 700 square kilometers (270 square miles).