The world's largest neutrino observatory

This observatory, IceCube, was built from a giant block of ice in the southern tip of Antarctica, to detect neutrinos - a type of particle that is thought to be mystical in the universe and nearly as fast as the speed of light. shining.

IceCube Observatory. (Photo: Foxnews)

Live Science quoted researchers as saying that IceCube construction was completed on December 18. In fact it has begun collecting data about neutrinos for years.

Neutrinos are particles under atoms that are close to the speed of light. Some neutrinos come from the Sun, while others come from cosmic rays interacting with Earth's atmosphere and other sources such as star explosions in the galaxy and distant galaxies.

These particles are very difficult to track, so scientists have used ice with the hope of 'capturing' neutrinos as they crash into one of the atoms that form ice molecules.

Scientists say that observing and capturing neutrinos is important, which can help to uncover the mysterious veil of the universe, allowing people to better understand the galaxy .