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Scientists detect high-energy particle speeding through earth that reached from outer space [Details inside]
The high-energy particle that sped through earth smashed into an electron buried inside an ice sheet at the South Pole
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In a milestone breakthrough, scientists have detected a high-energy particle that sped through the earth. Experts revealed that this particle came from outer space to earth at the speed of light. The particle that reached the earth in December 2016 finally smashed into an electron buried inside an ice sheet at the South Pole. The collision resulted in the formation of a particle that then decayed into a host of secondary particles.
10 March 2021, 1:05 pm EST By high-energy particle IceCube observatory ( Youtube/ IceCube Neutrino Observatory )
A major breakthrough has been recorded by scientists after they ve watched a high-energy particle speed through the Earth. The said particle fell towards Earth back in December 2016, making its way from space almost the speed of light.
As the high-energy particle flew into Earth, it hit an electron buried inside an ice sheet at Antarctica, thus producing a particle that decayed into a host of secondary particles.
Particle recorded by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
The particles were picked up by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a unique massive telescope buried underneath the Antarctic surface.
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IMAGE: A visualization of the Glashow event recorded by the IceCube detector. Each colored circle shows an IceCube sensor that was triggered by the event; red circles indicate sensors triggered earlier. view more
Credit: IceCube Collaboration
The idea was so far-fetched it seemed like science fiction: create an observatory out of a one cubic kilometer block of ice in Antarctica to track ghostly particles called neutrinos that pass through the Earth. But speaking to Benedickt Riedel, global computing manager at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, it makes perfect sense. Constructing a comparable observatory anywhere else would be astronomically expensive, Riedel explained. Antarctica ice is a great optical material and allows us to sense neutrinos as nowhere else.
A smashing discovery Article by Tracey Bryant, adapted from IceCube collaboration Photos courtesy of Frank Schroeder and the IceCube Collaboration March 10, 2021
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An electron antineutrino races to Earth from outer space at nearly the speed of light, carrying 6.3 petaelectronvolts (PeV) of energy. Deep in the ice sheet at the South Pole, this high-energy particle smashes into an electron and produces another particle, which quickly decays into a shower of secondary particles. The explosion of light from the collision does not go unnoticed. It is captured by a massive telescope buried in the Antarctic glacier, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory.