Images of the Telescope Array Site courtesy of University of Utah.
You know you’ve detected something big when you name it the “Oh My God Particle.” In 1991, the most powerful cosmic ray ever was detected at the University of Utah’s Fly’s Eye observatory at the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground.
Now, thanks to the expansion of these detectors and other cosmic measuring tools in 2021, researchers once again detected another god-worthy particle, the second highest-energy cosmic ray ever, and appropriately named it the Amaterasu particle, after the Japanese Sun Goddess.
Dr. John Matthews of the Telescope Array Project in Delta, Utah, talks about these particles (from unknown sources) and help us with our understanding of cosmic rays.
courtesy of University of Utah.
