Powerful "sun goddess" cosmic ray strikes Earth from mysterious, unknown origin

[Judi Lynn]

11-25-2023

ByEric Ralls
Earth.com staff writer



A recent scientific discovery could be straight out of a science fiction novel. Researchers involved in the Telescope Array experiment have identified an extraordinarily energetic cosmic ray. This particle, named “Amaterasu,” originated from outside our galaxy and boasts an energy level of approximately 240 exa-electron volts (EeV).

Despite its remarkable detection, the analysis reveals that the direction from which this cosmic ray arrived does not align with any discernible source.

Cosmic rays are not just particles from space; they are energetic charged particles that come from both galactic and extragalactic sources. Among these, the extremely high-energy cosmic rays are particularly rare and fascinating.

These rays can possess energy levels greater than 10^18 electron volts (EeV), a figure that is about a million times higher than the energy achievable by the most powerful human-made accelerators.

More:
https://www.earth.com/news/amaterasu-extremely-high-energy-cosmic-ray-detected-with-no-clear-source/

[niyad]

1. WOW. Thank you for this absolutely fascinating information.

[JohnSJ]

2. I thought cosmic rays came from stars?

[Bayard]

3. Intriguing

The Sun Goddess is smiting us.

[AllaN01Bear]

4. emporor ming at his old games again.

[FalloutShelter]

6. Pathetic earthlings...

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[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. Ok, so now they know they can hit the target. 'Bye, y'all.

[KS Toronado]

7. This MTG's Jewish space lasers?

[sdfernando]

8. It's a cookbook modification

Similar to a microwave modified recipe. 😝

[lastlib]

16. "To Serve Man"....

Up......

[2naSalit]

9. If only...

For years I had wished, out of exasperation, that perhaps some cosmic ray from way outer space would blast the planet with some kind of energy that would render every gun, bomb, weapon with a trigger or firing mechanism useless. All of them as lethal as a Q-tip.

Maybe I should put some more "juice" into that!

[lapfog_1]

17. for that you would need a GRB from someplace within our galaxy aimed as us.

consider it a "reboot" for Earth.

[Duppers]

10. So intriguing.

I found an article about that last night and sent it to d.h. who said there's a paper coming out which can explain it!!

Thx you for all your enlightening posts, Judi. You keep us updated.

[chowder66]

11. If everyone starts sprouting wings and floats up, it's sponsored by Red Bull.

[peppertree]

12. Cue the music...

[FailureToCommunicate]

13. Double whammy. We are due for another solar storm wave to head our way soon.

[Permanut]

14. There is so much we don't know..

Every discovery, every cosmic event tells us just a little more about how the universe works. Fascinating, Judi Lynn, thanks for posting.

[BWdem4life]

15. Well, we know light can be bent

And there ARE other massive things in the universe. So, probably it didn't go in a straight line to us from wherever it came from. Either that, or the object it came from no longer exists.