Physicists spot a new class of neutrinos from the sun

The Borexino experiment detected particles from our star’s second-most important fusion process

inside the Borexino detector

Neutrinos from the sun’s second-most prominent nuclear fusion process have been spotted in the Borexino detector (inside shown with light-detecting sensors).

Borexino Collaboration

Neutrinos spit out by the main processes that power the sun are finally accounted for, physicists report.