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A primordial black hole may have spewed the highest energy neutrino ever found

These theoretical black holes may have formed right after the Big Bang

An illustration of the Earth, a bright, glowing neutrino and a black hole.

A primordial black hole (illustrated, top right) near the solar system may have exploded with particles at the end of its life, including the highest energy neutrino (left) ever detected to reach Earth.

Toby Gleason-Kaiser, using SpaceEngine @ Cosmographic Software LLC

By McKenzie Prillaman

The highest energy neutrino ever detected from space may finally have an origin story.