Assertion: cosmic ray | /r/HasProperty | radiation
Facets:
value: in astrophysics
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Two giants of science, both Nobel laureates in physics, Robert Millikan and Arthur Holly Compton debated the issue at length, with Millikan espousing the view that cosmic rays were radiation and Compton (correctly) arguing that they were corpuscular.
text: In astrophysics, cosmic rays are radiation consisting of energetic particles originating beyond the Earth that impinge on the Earth's atmosphere.