<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/2025-06-where-did-cosmic-rays-come-from.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><categories>Discovery Science,Faculty</categories><broadcast>pa</broadcast><articlePreview/><pubDate>06/09/2025</pubDate><title>Where did cosmic rays come from? MSU astrophysicists are closer to finding out</title><subTitle/><description>Shuo Zhang and her group led two studies that shed new light on where cosmic rays might have come from.</description><highlights/><author>Bethany Mauger</author><hero-image><img src="" alt=""/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2025/cosmic-ray-preview.png" alt="PeVatron candidate we studied with a green circle that highlights the pulsar wind nebula we discovered that is associated with this PeVatron"/></image></item>