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Michigan Tech helps solve mystery of cosmic rays

11-08-2007 · EurekAlert!

Using data-gathering equipment designed and tested at Michigan Technological University, scientists from 17 countries have identified Active Galactic Nuclei containing massive black holes as the most likely source of the highest-energy cosmic rays.

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