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The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has produced an image of the Milky Way using neutrinos, revealing it is a neutrino desert. The observation suggests the galaxy produces significantly fewer high-energy neutrinos than distant galaxies.
Coverage from 4 institutions
- IceCube shows Milky Way galaxy is a neutrino desert University of Wisconsin-Madison · Jun 29, 2023 · first to report
- Our galaxy seen through a new lens: Neutrinos detected by IceCube Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC), University of Wisconsin-Madison · Jun 29, 2023
- First 'ghost particle' image of Milky Way galaxy captured by scientists U.S. National Science Foundation · Jun 29, 2023
- IceCube detects neutrino emission from within the Milky Way American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) · Jun 29, 2023