Cosmic rays, the highest energy particles of the universe, bombard Earth from all directions and [...]
This story is modified from one originally published by AAS Nova. Where do the highest-energy particles in [...]
Neutrinos are tiny, nearly massless particles that travel cosmological distances unhindered, acting as messengers that [...]
The IceCube neutrino detector, embedded in a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice, searches for high-energy [...]
This story is adapted from the Michigan State University (MSU) press release. Sometimes, the best [...]
Gravitational waves (GWs) are produced by some of the most extreme astrophysical phenomena, such as [...]
Back in 2013, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory—a cubic-kilometer neutrino detector embedded in Antarctic ice—announced the [...]
Every second, 100 trillion neutrinos pass through the human body. These tiny, almost massless particles [...]
Astronomers have long sought the launch sites for some of the highest energy protons in [...]
The debut of a new detector has many “firsts”: the first assembly, the first shift, [...]