Massive black holes in space are believed to be blasting jets of matter directly to the Earth.
Scientists revealed this week that they had found a mysterious super particle from deep space in the Mediterranean Sea.
The particular was the most energetic neutrino ever detected. It is believed it came “supermassive” black holes, known as blazars.
The super particle carried energy of around 220 PeV, which is more than ten times greater than previously detected high energy neutrinos.
A study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP) outlines the hypothesis that the particle came from blazars, which are among the universe’s “most extreme” objects.
“The neutrino was detected on February 13, 2023, by KM3NeT/ARCA, a massive neutrino observatory located deep off the coast of Sicily,” the study report said.
“Interestingly, the detector is still being built. At the time of the discovery, only 21 detection lines were operational, representing about 10 percent of the observatory’s planned final size.
“Even with its partial configuration, the detector captured a signal unlike anything scientists had seen before.”
INFN Naples researcher Meriem Bendahman said the team had explored a range of possible sources for the particle and found that blazars could plausibly explain the extraordinary neutrino event.
“(However) we need more observational data,” Ms Bendahman said.
“KM3NeT is still under construction, and we detected this ultra-high-energy neutrino with only a partial configuration. With the full detector and more data, we will be able to perform more powerful statistical analyses and open a new window on the ultra-high-energy neutrino universe.”
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