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The search for a powerful natural particle accelerator
And the promise of one distant supernova remnant. Continue reading
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Tagged cosmic ray knee, cosmic rays, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, gamma rays, inverse Compton scattering, neutral pions, OMG particle, PeVatron, shockfront mechanism, supernova remnants, Swordy plot
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HESS telescopes discover new source of gamma rays called a superbubble
Astronomers using the HESS telescopes have discovered a new source of high-energy gamma rays. Dubbed a superbubble, it appears to be a massive shell of gas and dust 270 light-years in diameter being blown outward by the radiation from multiple … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 Dor C, Cherenkov radiation, Cherenkov Telescope Array, Crab Nebula, dark matter, Fermi telescope, gamma rays, High Energy Stereoscopic System, Large Magellanic Cloud, pulsar wind nebulae, superbubbles, supernova remnants, Tarantula Nebula
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