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Figuring out where cosmic neutrinos come from is tricky—radio telescopes could help find 'ghost particles' origin
Neutrinos are funny little particles that weigh almost nothing, making them one of the universe's most elusive building blocks.
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A study published in October 2026 in The Open Journal of Astrophysics proposes using radio telescopes to trace the origins of the “ghost particles” detected by the IceCube experiment. IceCube, which captures elusive neutrinos from sources ranging from bananas to supernovae, recently earned a Nobel Prize for its work. The authors argue that radio observations could pinpoint where the astrophysical neutrinos observed by IceCube are produced, offering a new method to map their cosmic sources.
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