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Published online 19 November 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2007.266

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Cosmic-ray source still in doubt

High-energy cosmic rays might not be from active galactic nuclei after all.

The origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays is one of the great mysteries of cosmology. Last week a team reported that they thought they had tracked down the source.

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