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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Incoming Cosmic Rays Hit Record High

Incoming Cosmic Rays Hit Record High: More cosmic rays have reached Earth in the last two years than at any other time since we started putting stuff up in space. It's probably related to the weirdness of the most recent solar minimum, which is finally ending, but could be part of a long-term trend where the sun is quieter and cosmic ray intensities are higher overall.

Better watch out. Cosmic rays were what turned Reed Richards & Co. into the Fantastic Four. Might soon be an outbreak of superhuman-ism.