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Cosmic rays mystery grows deeper

The mystery surrounding the source of cosmic rays, the highest-energy particles known in the Universe, has grown deeper

…al ice, each looking for the brief blue flash of light produced when a neutrino happens to bump into atomic nuclei in the ice. Over the course of measurements taken between mid-2008 and mid-2010, some 300 GRBs were recorded – but IceCube scientists detected none of the eight or so neutrinos that they predicted would be associated with those events. The models that lead to such predictions ar…

CERN physicist Adlene Hicheur jailed in France for terror plot

ur, who is a particle physicist, worked as a researcher studying the origins of the universe at CERN. His father embraced him in the Paris courtroom before he was taken away to prison. Adlene Hicheur, 35, has already spent two and a half years in jail while awaiting trial. He came under suspicion when threatening messages were sent to President Nicolas Sarkozy in early 2008. The security services…

Giant cosmic explosion from 774 AD left traces only in two cedar trees rings

Fusa Miyake studied the growth rings of two trees dating back 1,200 years and discovered that an explosion of epic proportions occurred between 774 and 775AD

less many other tree records from the period – there was a giant increase of 1.2% of carbon-14. In comparison, the annual variation of the captured isotope is just 0.05%, making this more than a 20-fold increase. In recorded history, at least two supernovae have exploded in the skies visible from Earth, their light travelling across light-years to hit the eyes of humans. In 1006 and 1056, tw…

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