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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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[–] Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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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[–] Claidheamh 2 points 1 year ago

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

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