Astronomers detect highest energy cosmic ray since 1991

Re:Astronomers detect highest energy cosmic ray since 1991 by mynegation on Friday November 24, 2023 @06:35AM (#38402906)

So in practical terms if that goes through the body - are there external signs? A burn out of nowhere? Cancerous cells? What about CPUs or memory chips? Is it fried or bricked or just some hits flipped?

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Re:Astronomers detect highest energy cosmic ray since 1991 by lm28469 on Friday November 24, 2023 @07:12AM (#38403173)

A single particle ? Not much, it might impact the DNA of a few cells but your body will deal with it, like it does for any kind of DNA damage like sun radiation

A beam of it ? You'll definitely notice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski

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