3.5 kilometres underwater, scientists found a staggeringly energetic particle from outer space

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:22:45 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/3-5-kilometres-underwater-scientists-found-a-staggeringly-energetic-particle-from-outer-space-249590>

"Three and a half kilometres beneath the Mediterranean Sea, around 80km off the
coast of Sicily, lies half of a very unusual telescope called KM3NeT.

The enormous device is still under construction, but today the telescope’s
scientific team announced they have already detected a particle from outer
space with a staggering amount of energy.

In fact, as the team report in Nature, they found the most energetic neutrino
anyone has ever seen – and it represents a tremendous leap forward in exploring
the uncharted waters of the extreme universe.

To explain why it’s such a remarkable discovery, we need to understand what
KM3NeT is, what it’s looking for, and what it saw."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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