Scientists have termed the lately discovered high-energy neutrinos to be of great significance. Being found by the scientists at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica, these particles are from high energy sources like black holes and exploding stars.

Scientists explained that cosmic neutrinos are considered to be mysterious, ghost-like particles that have travelled across the galaxy from beyond the outer reaches of the universe.

Scientists said that when these samples are combined with previous IceCube measurements then they allow the most accurate measurements till date about the energy spectrum and composition of the extraterrestrial neutrino flux.

Scientists are quite interested in studying the cosmic neutrinos as they do not change since leaving their source. Francis Halzen, IceCube principal investigator, was of the view, “Looking for muon neutrinos reaching the detector through the Earth is the way IceCube was supposed to do neutrino astronomy and it has delivered”.

In 2013 also the team has found neutrinos from outside Milky Way galaxy and they named them ‘Bert and Ernie’. IceCube Collaboration spokesperson Olga Botner, of Uppsala University, said that cosmic neutrinos are considered important for the unexplored parts of the universe.

They could help reveal the origins of the highest energy cosmic rays, even the ‘Oh-My-God’ particles. Dr. Vladimir Papitashvili of the NSF’s Division of Polar Programs said that the new discoveries made by the IceCube are paving way for a new era in particle physics.