Astronomers have detected a rare and extremely high-energy #particle falling to Earth.
"It could be defects in the structure of spacetime, colliding cosmic strings. I mean, I’m just spitballing crazy ideas that people are coming up" says Prof #JohnBelz, co-author of the paper :)
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/nov/24/amaterasu-extremely-high-energy-particle-detected-falling-to-earth?fbclid=IwAR07ElQC3rsRlN-nmyUB6aI34J1WnHA-B1GrgzaXA6t7O3UwsKTDTADqPGs
#astromony #physics
‘What the heck is going on?’ Extremely high-energy particle detected falling to Earth
Amaterasu particle, one of highest-energy cosmic rays ever detected, is coming from an apparently empty region of space
Kristoffer Lawson