IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

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IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

IceCube sits on tons of clear ice, allowing scientists to make out neutrino interactions. Cmichel67/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAAbout a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these “relic” neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they can’t harm you. In fact, only one of them is likely to lightly tap an atom in your body in your entire lifetime. Most neutrinos produced by o…