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https://futurism.com/seeing-cosmic-rays-2/
http://www.nature.com/news/cosmic-rays-originate-from-supernova-shockwaves-1.12436
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Image Sources:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crshower2_nasa.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Van_Allen_Belts.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cherenkov_radiation#/media/File:RA6cab.jpg