The Antarctic Mystery: Upside-Down Cosmic Rays and the Search for New Physics
The Antarctic Mystery: Upside-Down Cosmic Rays and the Search for New Physics Hey friend, you won’t believe this bizarre mystery scientists are grappling with. Way down in Antarctica, something weird is happening, and it might rewrite our understanding of physics! Back in 2006 and again in 2014, a high-altitude balloon experiment called ANITA (Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna) detected some seriously strange radio signals. These weren’t the usual cosmic rays raining down from space; instead, they seemed to be *coming up*…