A team of scientists discovered unusual signals caused by high-energy neutrinos.
Their cause is unknown.
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RESTRICTIONS: Broadcast: NO USE JAPAN, NO USE TAIWAN Digital: NO USE JAPAN, NO USE TAIWAN A team of scientists discovered unusual signals caused by high-energy neutrinos using a radio detector called the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna, or ANITA, according to a study published in The Astrophysical Journal submitted on January 6.
ANITA floats above the Antarctic, suspended above the continent's ice sheets by a helium balloon.
ANITA is designed to detect high-energy neutrinos that hit the Antarctic floor and generate radio light.
According to the study, ANITA detected signals that seemed to be caused by extremely high-energy neutrinos behaving in an abnormal way.
Usually high-energy neutrinos come to Earth from space.
However, these detections showed the neutrinos were hitting the antenna at abnormal angles which suggests they had traveled through the planet.
This may mean that the detections could either be physics beyond the Standard Model or a systematic error.
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Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna floating above Antarctica 2.
ANITA receiving signals from neutrinos 3.
Neutrinos moving abnormally 4.
Neutrinos enter Earth from space, then begin moving randomly VOICEOVER (in English): "Using a radio detector called the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna, or ANITA, a team of scientists discovered unusual signals caused by high-energy neutrinos, according to a study published in The Astrophysical Journal submitted on January 6." "ANITA floats above the Antarctic, suspended above the continent's ice sheets by a helium balloon.
ANITA is designed to detect high-energy neutrinos that hit the Antarctic floor and generate radio light." "According to the study, ANITA detected signals that seemed to be caused by extremely high-energy neutrinos behaving in an abnormal way." "Usually high-energy neutrinos come to Earth from space.
However, these detections showed the neutrinos were hitting the antenna at abnormal angles which suggests they had traveled through the planet.
This may mean that the detections could either be physics beyond the Standard Model or a systematic error." SOURCES: Universe Today, LiveScience, The Astrophysical Journal, Ice Cube South Pole Neutrino Observatory, ScienceAlert https://www.universetoday.com/146095/high-energy-neutrinos-are-coming-from-supermassive-black-holes/ https://www.livescience.com/64827-neutrinos.html https://arxiv.org/pdf/2001.01737.pdf https://icecube.wisc.edu/news/view/709 https://www.sciencealert.com/of-course-nasa-did-not-detect-a-parallel-universe-in-antarctica *** For story suggestions please contact tips@nextanimation.com.tw For technical and editorial support, please contact: Asia: +61 2 93 73 1841 Europe: +44 20 7542 7599 Americas and Latam: +1 800 738 8377
HONOLULU, HAWAII — A team of scientists discovered unusual signals caused by high-energy neutrinos. Their cause is..