Science News for Kids » protons http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Where cosmic rays are born http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/where-cosmic-rays-are-born/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/where-cosmic-rays-are-born/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:14:47 +0000 Sid Perkins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15680 Here we go! Shock waves in the clouds of gas surrounding an exploding star (as in this artist’s depiction) accelerate charged particles called protons to very high speed, creating cosmic rays. Credit: Greg Stewart, SLAC Nat'l Accelerator Lab.

New evidence links origin of these very energetic particles to massive explosions of distant stars]]> Here we go! Shock waves in the clouds of gas surrounding an exploding star (as in this artist’s depiction) accelerate charged particles called protons to very high speed, creating cosmic rays. Credit: Greg Stewart, SLAC Nat'l Accelerator Lab.

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