Object 64: An Actual Use for Einstein's Famous Equation

from George's Random Astronomical Object · host George Bendo

VER J0521+211 is a distant galaxy that produces gamma rays with such high energy that, when the gamma rays hit the Earth's atmosphere, the photons transform into electrons and positrons.

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