New York TimesDennis Overbye

Underwater observatory records an unusually energetic neutrino that may signal an 'exploding' black hole

An underwater neutrino observatory detected an unusually energetic cosmic neutrino that researchers say could originate from an 'exploding' black hole — a phenomenon so far only predicted in theory. Confirmation would identify a new class of high-energy transient and highlight neutrino detectors' role in multimessenger astronomy.

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