Scientists detect a cosmic ray that’s almost as powerful as the ‘Oh-My-God’ particle | CNN

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Scientists detect a cosmic ray that’s almost as powerful as the ‘Oh-My-God’ particle | CNN
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So it’s more like a ‘Woah!” Or “Huh… that’s kinda cool” particle?

As long as there's not too many of them, it's kinda cool. But these things could easily fry us if they occurred in large amounts.

So you’re saying that if they ramped up beyond an ‘oh-my-god’ particle, into a ‘Jesus fucking Christ’ particle, we’re in trouble?