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A high-energy neutrino has been traced to its galactic birthplace

An Antarctic research station detected the high-energy particle as it slammed into the ice

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HOME BASE  Scientists traced a high-energy neutrino back to its source: a blazar, a galaxy harboring a supermassive black hole that fuels powerful jets of particles.

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By Emily Conover

- More than 2 years ago

A zippy little particle has been traced back to its cosmic stomping grounds, a flaring galaxy 4 billion light-years away, for the first time solving a cosmic whodunit.