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Old November 24th, 2005, 06:06
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I always wanted to know if there was any ray stronger than a gamma ray?
I heard of things called cosmic rays that come off of stars, but I don't know if it is true or not?
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Old November 25th, 2005, 19:36
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I believe gamma rays are the electromagnetic rays with the most energy.

http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/ems/gamma.html

Cosmic rays are not electromagnetic radiation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_rays

I don't know what you mean by "stronger". I don't know which carries more energy if that's what you mean.
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Old November 26th, 2005, 07:06
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I think I meant to say higher energy, but if they are not EMR then what are they?
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Old November 27th, 2005, 17:10
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They are a mixture of particles and gamma rays. Take a look at the Wikipedia article I linked.
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