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IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

  • Written by Doug Cowen, Professor of Physics and Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Penn State
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objectsIceCube sits on tons of clear ice, allowing scientists to make out neutrino interactions. Cmichel67/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these “relic” neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they can’t harm you. In fact,...

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