The Squid Galaxy’s Black Hole Just Unleashed a Neutrino Storm Without the Light

The Squid Galaxy’s Black Hole Just Unleashed a Neutrino Storm Without the Light

A mysterious stream of neutrinos detected by a massive Antarctic observatory is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about how these elusive particles are formed in distant galaxies. The galaxy NGC 1068, instead of emitting strong gamma rays alongside its neutrinos as expected, reveals a strange mismatch. Unexpected Neutrino Clues From a Cosmic Squid A [...]

Friday Squid Blogging: NGC 1068 Is the "Squid Galaxy" - Schneier on Security

I hadn’t known that the NGC 1068 galaxy is nicknamed the “Squid Galaxy.” It is, and it’s spewing neutrinos without the usual accompanying gamma rays.