Scientists Capture The First Picture Of A Black Hole
A group of scientists has detected the presence of a high-energy neutrino--a particularly elusive particle -- in the wake of a star's destruction as it is consumed by a black hole. Neutrinos--as well as the process of their creation--are hard to detect, making their discovery, along with that of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs), noteworthy.
This discovery, reported in the journal
Nature Astronomy, sheds new light on the origins of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays--the highest energy particles in the Universe.
The work, which included researchers from more than two dozen institutions, including New York University and Germany's DESY research center, focused on neutrinos--subatomic particles that are produced on Earth only in powerful accelerators.