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"Oh-My-God" particles created by black holes, not God

a70dc_black-hole.jpg Yet another thing they're trying to take away from The Man Upstairs. Why do you think it's called "the heavens," people? Puh-leeeeze. Anyway, scientists think they've found the origins of the super-high energy, ultra-awesome cosmic rays that are millions of times more powerful than the strongest particles created in particle accelerators on earth.

Researchers at the Pierre Auger Observatory, a complex of detectors spread over a Rhode Island-sized slice of the South American prairie, said the most likely source for these ultra-high-energy particles is a type of black hole found at the center of some galaxies.

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