Milky Way's super-efficient particle accelerators caught in the act

Thanks to a unique "ballistic study" that combines data from ESO's Very Large Telescope and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have now solved a long-standing mystery of the Milky Way's particle accelerators. They show in a paper published today on Science Express that cosmic rays from our galaxy are very efficiently accelerated in the remnants of exploded stars.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news165159142.html">Milky Way's super-efficient particle accelerators caught in the act</a></p> <p>Thanks to a unique "ballistic study" that combines data from ESO's Very Large Telescope and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have now solved a long-standing mystery of the Milky Way's particle accelerators. They show in a paper published today on <i>Science Express</i> that cosmic rays from our galaxy are very efficiently accelerated in the remnants of exploded stars.</p>