In a first, scientists detect neutrino emission within Milky Way
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For the first time, astronomers have detected high-energy neutrinos coming from within the Milky Way, the galaxy that contains our solar system. Neutrinos are elementary particles like electrons. These "ghost particles" are extremely hard to find because they often do not interact with matter. The landmark discovery, made using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica, opens up a new way to study our galaxy.
