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August 18, 2015
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The IceCube Neutrino Observatory produced a recording of a neutrino event.
A graphic of one of the highest-energy neutrino events is superimposed on a view of the IceCube Neutrino Observatiory at NSF's Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. (not to scale)
Credit: IceCube Collaboration
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