Could Black Holes Help Explain High-Energy Cosmic Radiation?
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A new study explores the possibility that black holes could be a source of high-energy cosmic radiation, sparking interest and discussion among scientists and enthusiasts.
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greenbit
3 months ago
Maybe it's just my browser didn't render something right, but I don't think it was meant to say 1020 eV, but rather 10^20 eV. The rest mass of a proton alone is on the order of 938,000,000 eV.
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