NASA's Fermi Traces Source of Cosmic Neutrino to Monster Black Hole
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Thursday, July 12, 2018
The neutrino was discovered by an international team of scientists using the National Science Foundation's IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the AmundsenScott South Pole Station.
Key Points:
- The neutrino was discovered by an international team of scientists using the National Science Foundation's IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the AmundsenScott South Pole Station.
- Fermi found the source of the neutrino by tracing its path back to a blast of gamma-ray light from a distant supermassive black hole in the constellation Orion.
- Scientists study neutrinos, as well as cosmic rays and gamma rays, to understand what is going on in turbulent cosmic environments such as supernovas, black holes and stars.
- But, scientists rely on gamma rays, the most energetic form of light, to brightly flag what cosmic source is producing these neutrinos and cosmic rays.