Cosmic-ray extensive air shower captured by the Subaru Telescope (IMAGE)

Osaka Metropolitan University

Cosmic-ray extensive air shower captured by the Subaru Telescope

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An example of a cosmic-ray extensive air shower recorded by the Subaru Telescope. The highlighted tracks, which are mostly aligned in similar directions, show the shower particles induced from a high-energy cosmic ray.

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National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) Collaboration

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