The Moon Helps Radio Astronomers Search for Neutrinos

Radio astronomers get an assist from the Moon. Credit: Ted Jaeger, University of Iowa, NRAO/AUI/NSF

>From an NRAO press release:

Seeking to detect mysterious, ultra-high-energy neutrinos from distant regions of space, a team of astronomers used the Moon as part of an innovative telescope system for the search. Their work gave new insight on the possible origin of the elusive subatomic particles and points the way to opening a new view of the Universe in the future. (…) Read the rest of The Moon Helps Radio Astronomers Search for Neutrinos (455 words)

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