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Single subatomic particle illuminates mysterious origins of cosmic rays

When a subatomic particle from space streaked through Antarctica last September, astrophysicists raced to find the source.
  1. Davide Castelvecchi
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A single subatomic particle detected at the South Pole last September is helping to solve a major cosmic mystery: what creates electrically charged cosmic rays, the most energetic particles in nature.

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Nature 559, 309-310 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05703-y

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  • Correction 13 July 2018: An earlier version of this story misstated Resconi’s position. It also failed to explain that researchers from IceCube were involved in the calculations of the odds that the flare and the neutrino were linked.

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