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Cosmic-Ray Electrons Slamming Earth Are The Most Powerful Ever Seen


The most powerful cosmic-ray electrons and positrons ever detected slamming into Earth's atmosphere carry energies so high they can only have come from relatively close by, new research has revealed.

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