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A Record-Breaking ‘Ghost Particle’ From Outer Space Made a Splash of Light in the Mediterranean
The neutrino was 30 times more energetic than any other previously observed particle of its kind. Scientists still don’t know ...
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Scientists detect highest-energy ghost particle ever seen — where did it come from?
"History shows us that whenever you do open a new 'energy window,' you never really know what you're going to find. It's completely unexplored." ...
Scientists detect record-breaking ‘ghost particle’ in the Mediterranean Sea
A huge detector in the Mediterranean Sea spotted the most energetic neutrino from space to date. The particle could shed light on the universe’s most extreme phenomena.
3.5 kilometers underwater, scientists found a staggeringly energetic particle from outer space
Three and a half kilometers beneath the Mediterranean Sea, around 80km off the coast of Sicily, lies half of a very unusual telescope called KM3NeT.