IceCube Lab in Twilight

‘Ghost’ particles detected emanating from galactic neighbor with gigantic black hole

The IceCube Lab sits atop a billion-ton network of ice and detection equipment at the South Pole. Using the Powerful Neutrino Telescope, researchers have identified a new source of astrophysical neutrinos from the galaxy NGC 1068. Credit: Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF On Earth, billions of subatomic particles called neutrinos pass through our bodies every second, but …

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