An Antarctic Neutrino Telescope Has Detected a Signal From the Heart of a Nearby Active Galaxy

An enormous neutrino observatory buried deep in the Antarctic ice has discovered only the second extra-galactic source of the elusive particles ever found. In results published today in Science, the IceCube collaboration reports the detection of neutrinos from an "active galaxy" called NGC 1068, which lies some 47 million light-years from Earth. How to Spot […]