IceCube detector finds neutrinos from the Milky Way for the first time
29 June 2023
A neutrino detector in Antarctica has found heaps of high-energy neutrinos coming from distant galaxies, but none from within our own – until now
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Last month, astronomers saw the first asteroid from outside our solar system speed by. Now, they're tracing its orbit back to find out where it came from
Far-off galaxies are firing rare high-energy cosmic rays at us
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