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Violent black holes spit neutrinos at Earth and we finally caught one

Violent black holes spit neutrinos at Earth and we finally caught one

12 July 2018

For the first time, we have traced a high-energy neutrino back to its origin - a black hole 4 billion light years away - and solved an old cosmic mystery
Pierre Auger Observatory

Far-off galaxies are firing rare high-energy cosmic rays at us

21 September 2017

The highest energy particles in the universe hit Earth very rarely, so it took 10 years of data to pinpoint their origin. They’re coming from galaxies far, far away

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