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China's DAMPE satellite throws light on cosmic ray acceleration
short by Neeraja Nath / on Friday, 1 May, 2026
China's Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) space telescope made an observation on the acceleration of cosmic rays, such as nuclei of hydrogen, helium, etc. It found that the intensity of the cosmic radiation decreases more rapidly upon reaching a specific high-energy threshold. The larger the particle charge, the higher the maximum energy it can be accelerated to.
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