A star shredded by a black hole may have spit out an extremely energetic neutrino
If true, this would be only the second time such a neutrino has been traced back to its source
![Black hole ripping star apart illustration](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/052120_EC_neutrino-birth_feat.jpg?fit=1028%2C579&ssl=1)
A high-energy neutrino may have been born when a star was ripped apart by a black hole (illustrated), scientists report. Gas (red) stripped from the star spirals toward the black hole. Some stellar material is swallowed up while some is flung outward (blue).
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