Strange energy and strange particles appear to be aimed at Earth
Scientists baffled after extremely high-energy particle detected falling to Earth
Experts have been left wondering how the event could have happened, as the particle appeared to emerge from the Local Void, an empty area of space bordering the Milky Way galaxy.
Image:Artist's impression of detected cosmic ray. Pic: Osaka Metropolitan University/L-Insight, Kyoto University/Ryuunosuke Takeshige
A rare and extremely high-energy particle has been detected falling to Earth by astronomers.
Named after the Japanese sun goddess, Amaterasu, it is one of the highest-energy cosmic rays ever detected, according to scientists.
The Amaterasu particle has an energy exceeding 240 exa-electron volts (EeV) and comes only second in recorded history to the Oh-My-God particle, another ultra-high-energy cosmic ray which was detected in 1991, possessing 320 EeV of energy.
The origins of the particle are unknown, but experts believe that only the most powerful celestial events - bigger than a star explosion - can create them.
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