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Underwater detector spots the most energetic neutrino yet

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KM3NeT detector

KM3NeT is a neutrino telescope consisting of strings of optical detectors placed deep beneath the ocean. Credit: KM3NeT On Feb. 13, 2023, something extraordinary happened deep beneath the Mediterranean Sea. KM3NeT’s Astroparticle Research with Cosmics in the Abyss (ARCA) telescope, a sprawling underwater array of ultra-sensitive photodetectors, caught sight of the telltale sign of an … Read more

How scientists spotted that most energetic neutrino

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Recent research on lightweight particles called neutrinos might have passed you by – much like the more than 10 trillion neutrinos passing through your body each second. Now, our new paper – with 21 countries, more than 60 institutes and around 360 scientists contributing – reports the observation of the most energetic neutrino yet. Despite … Read more