'Extreme Universe' puzzle deepens

Cosmic rays are a hot topic in astrophysics right now, it is believed that a single strand of cosmic rays can have more energy than that of our ENTIRE sun. If this is true it is amazing and physicists are searching space for these rays to try and trace their origin. By learning how these rays react and where they come from, physicists believe they can deduce how they are created. There are two suspected sources of these cosmic rays, they are gama ray bursts and supermassive black holes in active galaxies. Astrophysicist Julie McEnry said that the findings that Icecube made in Antartica are a "Huge breakthrough". Icecube is a project on the South pole that looks for nutrinos, which are particles said to exceed the speed of light. These nutrinos are supposedly linked to the cosmic rays. This all seems very vague and uncertain, keep an eye on bbc for more coming, someday.

 

 

 

Palmer, Jason. "BBC News - 'Extreme Universe' puzzle deepens." BBC - Homepage. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2012. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17768771>.