Something In Big Dipper ‘Blob’ Is Sending Out Cosmic Rays, Study Says

Behind the Big Dipper is something pumping out a lot of extremely high-energy cosmic rays, a new study says. And as astronomers try to learn more about the nature of these emanations — maybe black holes, maybe supernovas — newer work hints that it could be related to how the universe is structured.

It appears that the particles come from spots in the cosmos where matter is densely packed, such as in “superclusters” of galaxies, the researchers stated, adding this is promising progress for tracking down the source of the cosmic rays.

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If superclusters then because cosmic rays are electrically charged there’s the problem of the direction being bent by the magnetic fields of the Milky Way and the surrounding galaxy clusters. Than makes it very difficult to pin down where these cosmic rays come from. Only with the most powerful ones and with the ones from within the Milky Way can we get a reliable fix on direction.