{"id":68720,"date":"2017-04-29T06:10:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T10:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=68720"},"modified":"2017-04-27T12:03:01","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T16:03:01","slug":"the-oh-my-god-particle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=68720","title":{"rendered":"The Oh My God Particle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">In 1991 a single atomic nucleus slammed into our atmosphere with the intensity of a macroscopic object. 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font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation<\/span><br style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" style=\"margin: 0px; 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text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aHjiXTlFSSM\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aHjiXTlFSSM\" data-sessionlink=\"itct=CDQQ6TgYACITCLyettv6xNMCFdHVnAodhHAPHCj4HQ\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aHjiX&#8230;<\/a><br style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><br style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">Cosmic rays aren\u2019t actually rays at all, but atomic nuclei traveling at close to the speed of light. Typically they are low in energy and are easily deflected by other particles, but on rare occasions an incredibly powerful atomic nuclei strikes the Earth\u2019s surface. The largest of these was the Oh My God Particle.<\/span><br style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><br style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">Written and Hosted by Matt O\u2019Dowd<\/span><br style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">Produced by Rusty Ward<\/span><br style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">Graphics by Kurt Ross<\/span><br style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">Made by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1991 a single atomic nucleus slammed into our atmosphere with the intensity of a macroscopic object. It\u2019s been named The Oh-My-God particle. Get your first two months of Curiosity Stream free by going to\u00a0http:\/\/curiositystream.com\/spacetime\u00a0and using the promo code \u201cspacetime\u201d. You can further support us on Patreon at\u00a0https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/pbsspacetimeGet your own Space Time t\u00adshirt at\u00a0http:\/\/bit.ly\/1QlzoBiTweet at us! @pbsspacetimeFacebook: facebook.com\/pbsspacetimeEmail us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] comComment on Reddit:\u00a0http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pbsspacetimeHelp translate our videos!\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/timedtext_cs_&#8230;Referenced Videos:Cosmic Microwave Background Radiationhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3tCMd&#8230;Previous Episode:Telescopes on the Moonhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aHjiX&#8230;Cosmic rays aren\u2019t actually rays at all, but atomic nuclei traveling at close to the speed of light. Typically they are low in energy and are easily deflected by other particles, but on rare occasions an incredibly powerful atomic nuclei strikes the Earth\u2019s surface. The largest of these was the Oh My God Particle.Written and Hosted by Matt O\u2019DowdProduced by Rusty WardGraphics by Kurt RossMade by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[97,551,853],"class_list":["post-68720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-edu","tag-education","tag-education-saturday","tag-space-time"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68721,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68720\/revisions\/68721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}