New Research Helps Narrow the Search for Elusive Neutrino Sources

November 13, 2025 Universe Today

New Research Helps Narrow the Search for Elusive Neutrino Sources
By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/MJIkn3s)

The IceCube facility sits at the South Pole above an array of photodetectors, drawn into the image above. Credit: IceCube Collaboration/U. Wisconsin/NSF

A research team has conducted the first systematic search for optical counterparts to a neutrino "multiplet," a rare event in which multiple high-energy neutrinos are detected from the same direction within a short period. The event was observed by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a massive detector buried deep within the Antarctic ice.

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