Earth to understand how and why they blast out particles into the universe. Researchers have created the miniature version of supernova shockwaves through lasers in a laboratory to study particle acceleration.
Shockwaves are created when stars die and explode. Following this, the waves blast out cosmic rays out into the universe. These are also known as highly energetic particles, which means the shockwaves act like "particle accelerators."Scientists are now trying to understand how this acceleration occurs. "These are fascinating systems, but because they are so far away it's hard to study them," Frederico Fiuza, a senior staff scientist at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, who led the new study, said in a.
Read more on dailystar.co.uk