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bawolff on Jan 2, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nuclear fallout is showing up in U.S. honey, decad...

> Cosmic rays are highly charged particles, not a particular type or class of radiation,

Umm, how is energetic charged particles not radiation? Isn't that just what alpha and beta radiation is?

robbedpeter on Jan 2, 2022 [–]

Cosmic rays can be all of the above. It's a term describing the source of the radiation, not a particular type or quality of radiation in itself.

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