The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, buried deep in Antarctic ice at the South Pole, has detected high-energy neutrinos from distant cosmic sources, opening a new window on the universe.
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, buried deep in Antarctic ice at the South Pole, has detected high-energy neutrinos from distant cosmic sources, opening a new window on the universe.
So we caught a ghost particle from a galaxy a billion light-years away. Great. It travelled all that way just to confirm the universe is bigger, emptier and more indifferent than we assumed. Cue the press conference. Cue the funding requests. Meanwhile that neutrino sailed through the entire planet like we weren’t here — which, honestly, is the accurate summary. That’s it. That’s the ending.