Astronomers trace high-energy neutrino to distant 'Shadow Blaster' galaxy 11 billion light-years away
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Ashley Strickland
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Astronomers have traced a high-energy neutrino — a ghostly, nearly massless subatomic particle — to a distant star-forming galaxy nicknamed the "Shadow Blaster," located 11 billion light-years away. This marks a significant breakthrough in understanding where neutrinos originate, as their sources have long been mysterious due to the particles' minimal interaction with matter. The finding links a cosmic neutrino to a specific distant galaxy for the first time, advancing the field of multi-messenger astronomy.
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· 3 pulledA distant star-forming galaxy nicknamed the 'Shadow Blaster' could have sent a ghostly cosmic particle hurtling toward Earth.
Astronomers believe they have traced the particle's origin to 11 billion light-years away, marking a step forward in understanding the mysterious neutrinos.
Neutrinos are abundant across the universe, earning a reputation as ghost particles because they possess no electric charge, have little mass and don't seem to interact with other types of matter.
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