Assertion: cosmic ray | /r/CapableOf | zip through space
Facets:
value: with energies
type: OTHER
value: in all directions
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: at near-light speed
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Discovered in 1912, cosmic rays are not actually rays at all; they are subatomic particles and ions (such as protons and electrons) that zip through space in all directions at near-light speed, with energies tens of thousands of times greater than particles produced in Earth’s largest particle accelerators.