A neutrino entered Earth and reached the South Pole from the wrong side. This muon neutrino was detected by IceCube sensors buried in the Antarctic Ice. Its source was triangulated to be TXS 0506+056, which is, to quote from the story in Nature, 'a blazar, a galaxy with a supermassive black hole at the centre and a known source of γ-rays. In a blazar, the black hole stirs gas up to temperatures of millions of degrees and shoots it out of its poles in two highly collimated jets, one of which points in the direction of the Solar System'. |
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