Icy Telescope Detects Neutrinos From Beyond Our Solar System

By D. Setton A mammoth neutrino experiment near the South Pole has, for the first time, detected high-energy neutrinos from beyond our solar system. The 28 neutrinos captured by the IceCube detector had a billion times more energy than the neutrinos generated by an exploding star, hinting at an astronomical source beyond our galaxy of unfathomable power. The neutrinos mark the beginning of an exciting new field of high-energy neutrino astrophysics. "I cannot predict the future but I ho