Near Speed of Light incident particles from space
Varieties
- Solar Cosmic Rays
- Ejected by the Sun during Solar Flares
eV
- Galactic Cosmis Ray
- Ejected by Supernovae
eV
- Extragalactic Cosmic Ray
- Ejected by massive black holes
- Up to
eV
Cosmic Ray Showers
Collisions between cosmic rays and the atmosphere cause showers of particles, as a chain reaction of collisions occurs beginning from the original collision
