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The Amaterasu particle has been especially difficult to explain because its estimated arrival direction traces back to a cosmic void, a region of space with no clear source capable of producing ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

Inside this nebula, particle interactions can generate gamma rays in several ways.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

In 2024, researchers led by Li Shang at Anhui University in Hefei, China, suggested that Fermi's Large Area Telescope may have detected gamma rays from one of these events years after the explosion occurred.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: These pro-approved golf shirts for men and women are lightweight and many offer protection from the sun’s rays.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Before the sun even popped its rays through the lowest brush, she was carefully rolling up the rush mats she had woven.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich