Our Planet Is Being Roasted By Cosmic Rays From This Binary Star System Only 10,000 Light-Years Away

For years, Earth has been bombarded by cosmic rays emanating from a mysterious source astronomers couldn’t identify. Now, new research conducted with the help of NASA’s NuSTAR space telescope has finally tracked down the source of these rays: Eta Carinae, a binary star system just 10,000 light-years away. In an event called the Great Eruption … Continue reading "Our Planet Is Being Roasted By Cosmic Rays From This Binary Star System Only 10,000 Light-Years Away"

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July 8, 2018 at 03:49PM

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