Researchers discover collisionless shock waves as cosmic engines accelerating subatomic particles in space to extreme speeds.

offering a comprehensive new model to explain the acceleration of electrons in collisionless shock environments. The paper, "Revealing an Unexpectedly Low Electron Injection Threshold via ...

It is believed that collisionless shockwaves that originate ... This phenomenon is called diffusive shock acceleration (DSA). However, there’s a catch. Before electrons can be accelerated ...