Slovenian scientists help solve mystery of cosmic rays

Ljubljana, 3 October - An international team featuring several Slovenian scientists has discovered that cosmic rays with exceptionally high energies come from far beyond the Milky Way, in what is a solution to a mystery that has puzzled scientists for over fifty years.

Ljubljana Slovenian researchers taking part in the Pierre Auger Collaboration: Danilo Zavrtanik, Lili Yang, Ahmed Saleh, Marta Trini, Gašper Kukec Mezek, Sergey Vorobyev, Andrej Filipčič, Marko Zavrtanik and Samo Stanič. Photo: University of Nova Gorica

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Slovenian researchers taking part in the Pierre Auger Collaboration: Danilo Zavrtanik, Lili Yang, Ahmed Saleh, Marta Trini, Gašper Kukec Mezek, Sergey Vorobyev, Andrej Filipčič, Marko Zavrtanik and Samo Stanič.
Photo: University of Nova Gorica

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