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The Sound of Ideas - Science Cafe: Cosmic Rays
 
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Sometimes it feels like we're all surrounded by things that are moving really fast. It's true, and it's not just the traffic on I-77. Every moment, we're bombarded by sub-atomic particles traveling close to the speed of light. They're not dangerous; what science wants to know about them is where do they come from? And what makes them travel so fast? Finding answers requires a lot of scientists and an observatory bigger than Luxembourg.

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Dr. Corbin Covault, Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics (CERCA), Case Western Reserve University
Yvette Cendes, Deptartment of Physics, Case Western Reserve University
April 12, 2010