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Ultra-energetic neutrino hints at black-hole powered blazars as cosmic accelerators

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Ultra-energetic neutrino hints at black-hole powered blazars as cosmic accelerators
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Scientists traced an ultra-high-energy neutrino detected in 2023 to potential cosmic accelerators, with the event being about 30,000 times more energetic than previous neutrinos and observed by KM3NeT in the Mediterranean. Analyses suggest a population of black-hole–driven blazars could explain such bursts without violating gamma-ray background limits, though a single definitive source hasn’t been confirmed. More data from current and future detectors is needed to pin down the neutrino’s origin.

Topics:sciencespace#blackholes#blazars#highenergy#km3net#neutrinos#space
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