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Scientists detect a cosmic ray that’s almost as powerful as the ‘Oh-My-God’ particle | CNN (edition.cnn.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I've seen a Veritasium video about this where he said you can see flashes of light if these particles hit your retinas while your eyes are closed.
Apparently astronauts experience this a lot

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

They do, because there is very little atmosphere to shield them from it.

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