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Nature 419, 12-14 (5 September 2002) | doi:10.1038/419012a
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High-energy astrophysics: Let's catch some rays
Philip Ball1
Abstract
Particles with hundreds of millions times more energy than those in physicists' accelerators regularly strike the Earth, but no one is sure where they come from. Philip Ball reports on attempts to solve the mystery.
Argentina's Pampa Amarilla desert is filling up with water. Across thousands of square kilometres of the desert's flat plains, engineers are busy building water tanks.
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