Astronomy / Space Scientists Discover a New Source of Neutrinos In Space – Opening Up Another Window Into the Universe

[Manticore]

Neutrinos – extremely light, ghostly particles that barely interact with matter – have so far only been observed originating from supernovae (exploding stars) and the sun. Now a giant detector at the South Pole has discovered that a “blazar”, a galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its centre, also produces neutrinos.

http://theconversation.com/scientis...ing-up-another-window-into-the-universe-99785

 

[Zak Gordon]

Super awesome indeed, and some more info here:

'Supermassive black hole shot a neutrino straight at Earth':

https://arstechnica.com/science/201...ino-source-a-black-hole-jet-pointed-at-earth/

 

[Jonny Shiloh]

Fantastic stuff. BBC article here:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44786125