Deep under Antarctic ice, a long-predicted cosmic whisper breaks through | Hacker News
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Researchers reported the first detection of Askaryan radiation in natural Antarctic ice.
A detector beneath the ice found seven candidate events consistent with particle showers generating radio pulses.
The observations matched the expected Askaryan emission model in natural ice.
The result validates a key radio-based method for detecting ultra-high-energy neutrinos and separating them from cosmic-ray showers.
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