The IceCube Neutrino Observatory buried deep in Antarcticic ice sensed high energy neutrinos coming from M77, the Squid Galaxy.
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is an array of strings of detectors drilled deep into the Antarctic ice. Image Credit: University of Adelaide.
” The IceCube Collaboration, an international group of more than 350 people from 14 countries, produced the paper. One of the strings of detectors being lowered into its hole at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica. Image Credit: WISC/IceCube Collaboration. When a neutrino interacts with molecules in the clear Antarctic ice, it produces secondary particles that leave a trace of blue light as they travel through the IceCube detector. Image Credit: Nicolle R. Fuller, IceCube/NSF
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