Scientists from the Telescope Array Collaboration have detected an ultrahigh-energy cosmic ray, a discovery that’s challenging our current understanding of exotic cosmic phenomena and their origins.

Scientists in Utah have identified a rare cosmic ray that could've come from beyond the Milky Way. It has been named the "Amaterasu particle" after the Japanese sun goddess. A Telescope Array ...

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Artist’s illustration of the extremely energetic cosmic ray observed by a surface detector array of the Telescope Array experiment, named “Amaterasu particle.” In 1991, the University of Utah Fly’s ...

The Telescope Array has detected the second-highest-energy cosmic ray ever observed, marking a significant milestone in astrophysics. This groundbreaking discovery follows the famed Oh-My-God particle ...

A table-like scintillation detector sits in the Utah desert, powered by a solar panel. A grid of 564 such devices will be installed in a 400-square-mile area west of Delta, Utah, as part of the $17 ...