Ghostly Neutrino Particles Provide a Peek at Heart of Nearby Galaxy - The Wall Street Journal

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A gigantic observatory buried successful the Antarctic crystal has helped scientists hint elusive particles called neutrinos backmost to their origins astatine the bosom of a adjacent galaxy—offering a caller mode to survey a supermassive achromatic spread shrouded from view.

According to a caller survey published Thursday successful the diary Science, neutrinos are accelerating toward Earth from the halfway of a spiral-shaped postulation known arsenic Messier 77, which is astir 47 cardinal airy years from Earth. There, a matter- and radiation-dense portion surrounds a achromatic spread galore millions times arsenic monolithic arsenic our sun.