Discovered: Cosmic Rays from a Mysterious, Nearby Object

[WalkingTurtle]

An international team of researchers has discovered a puzzling surplus of high-energy electrons bombarding Earth from space. The source of these cosmic rays is unknown, but it must be close to the solar system and it could be made of dark matter: full story (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/19nov_cosmicrays.htm).
(Newsflash from http://www.spaceweather.com/)

[mattjb]

An international team of researchers has discovered a puzzling surplus of high-energy electrons bombarding Earth from space. The source of these cosmic rays is unknown, but it must be close to the solar system and it could be made of dark matter: full story (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/19nov_cosmicrays.htm).
(Newsflash from http://www.spaceweather.com/)


could a brown dwarf do this?

[Koyaanisqatsi]

interesting, thank you for the article

[Mark]

It has been said in a few places on the net that the Fed of Light are sending us energies from space to help the earth and to help us - don't know whether it is true but would like to believe that these energies are a good thing and not the colapse of another part of our atmosphere...

[K626]

This should be merged with the Astralwalker thread.