Cosmic rays are extremely fast, charged particles that travel through space at nearly the speed of light. The Amaterasu ...

< Starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82), located 12 million light-years away Copyright: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, A. Bolatto (UMD) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration showing a cosmic ray hitting the Telescope Array experiment's detectors. Over the years, scientists have managed ...

Scientists in Utah have identified a rare cosmic ray that could've come from beyond the Milky Way. It has been named the "Amaterasu particle" after the Japanese sun goddess. A Telescope Array ...

UTAH (CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - Scientists have detected the second most-powerful cosmic ray from beyond the Milky Way. Named the "Amaterasu Particle" after the sun goddess in Japanese mythology, the ...

An incredibly fast-moving particle from space recently arrived on Earth, and physicists are rushing to figure out what it is and where it came from. Called the Amaterasu particle, after the Shinto ...

Space scientists seeking to understand the enigmatic origins of powerful cosmic rays have detected an extremely rare, ultra-high-energy particle that they believe traveled to Earth from beyond the ...

Osaka, Japan – A high-energy particle falls from space to the Earth’s surface—it is not clear where it came from or even what it is, exactly. This may sound like something out of science fiction, but ...

The Earth's atmosphere has been blasted by the second strongest ultrahigh-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) to ever be observed. While its exact origins remain unknown, astrophysicists are pointing the finger ...

(Nanowerk News) A high-energy particle falls from space to the Earth’s surface – it is not clear where it came from or even what it is, exactly. This may sound like something out of science fiction, ...