The "What the Heck" Particle
Pythagorean Astronomy
English - December 20, 2023 10:13 - 21 minutes - 31.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsNatural Sciences Science space astronomy news science research Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Chris and Edward discuss the announcement of the detection of a highly energetic cosmic ray, dubbed "Amerterasu" or the "What the Heck" particle. Elsewhere, there is a new study of star formation in "pristine" dwarf galaxies, and the first every discovery of a disc around a star in another galaxy!