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    Question ID:   17670         Current Version: 1
Question: Are cosmic rays electromagnetic radiation?
Category: Science > Astronomy & Space
Keywords: cosmic rays, electromagnetic radiation
Type: other
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Some people still call high energy photons (x-rays and gamma rays) cosmic rays, and you'll still see that in some textbooks. The more common usage (at least in scientific circles) is to call particles cosmic rays, and to call photons either x-rays or gamma rays.

Source: NASA

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