Artistic impression of muons showering the Earth. (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

Artistic impression of muons showering the Earth.

Caption

It’s estimated that about 10,000 of these harmless particles fall per square meter per minute all around the world.

Credit

2015 Hiroyuki K.M. Tanaka

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License

CC BY

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