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Published online 6 March 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020304-5
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Time gives rays a break
Jumps in space-time might explain the curious survival of energetic particles.
Space and time must be grainy, not smooth. Otherwise high-energy particles produced in astrophysical processes would not be detectable on Earth.
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