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Luke Barnes, Lecturer in Physics, Western Sydney University

UNBELIEVABLE: 3 5 kilometres underwater scientists found a staggeringly energetic particle from outer space - Caught on Camera

An artist's impression of a high-energy particle travelling through the KM3NeT neutrino telescope. KM3NeT

Three and a half kilometres beneath the Mediterranean Sea, around 80km off the coast of Sicily, lies half of a very unusual telescope called KM3NeT.

The enormous device is still under construction, but today the telescope’s scientific team announced they have already detected a particle from outer space with a staggering amount of energy.

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