Ghost Particles: Messages From Places Light Cannot Escape
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Ghost Particles: Messages From Places Light Cannot Escape
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Some of the most violent environments in the universe may hide themselves from ordinary telescopes. Light can be absorbed. Charged particles can be deflected by magnetic fields. But neutrinos can...
show moreLight can be absorbed. Charged particles can be deflected by magnetic fields. But neutrinos can cross enormous amounts of matter almost untouched and travel across the cosmos while preserving information about where they came from.
Deep beneath the Antarctic ice, IceCube is beginning to turn these elusive particles into a new form of astronomy.
The result is more than a new telescope.
It is a way of investigating cosmic engines that may be difficult to understand with light alone.
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