Scientists say they have made a major breakthrough in detecting “ghost particles ”.

The name is given to neutrinos, which are one of the most mysterious particles in the universe and remain largely unknown because they seldom interact with anything else.

They come about in nuclear reactions, including those from our Sun. And they surround us at all times, with trillions of them passing through our body in each second.

They leave behind no trace, however, which has meant that they have remained difficult to actually find. Detecting them could help answer questions about the processes behind our Sun and how the universe has evolved – but doing so has proven elusive.

Scientists now say however that they have watched them transforming carbon atoms into nitrogen. To do so, they had to bu

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