IceCube looks for high energy neutrinos from space. It joins the ranks of complementary experiments that study neutrinos originating closer to home.
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The 2026 Nobel Prize in physics recognizes Francis Halzen’s vision in building an unusual telescope in Antarctica, as well as the neutrino discoveries it’s made.
Belgium-born Francis Halzen has won for the detection of high energy neutrino particle from space.
Ghost particles from ancient stellar explosions could be detected for the first time this year.
The electron is the tiniest particle. Then there are neutrinos, which are as small but may weigh more.
In the search for elusive particles called neutrinos, researchers are stringing thousands of detectors in the depths of the Mediterranean.
You would have to flip 75 heads in a row on a fair coin to have the same probability of a single neutrino interacting with a particle of matter.
Tau neutrinos are notoriously difficult to spot in detectors like IceCube. But researchers have managed to isolate 7 candidates.
The way particles interacted while the universe was forming seconds after the Big Bang could explain why the universe exists the way it does – a physicist explains matter-antimatter asymmetry.
An observatory called IceCube was used to produce a view of our galaxy in particles rather than light.
New data from the IceCube collaboration shows neutrino emissions from within our Milky Way galaxy – but figuring out where exactly these ghost particles come from is harder than it seems.
Neutrinos are some of nature’s most elusive particles, but new research has used them to create an image of our own galaxy.
The IceCube telescope near the South Pole has received a first glimpse into the core of the galaxy NGC 1068.
Physicists know a lot about the most fundamental properties of the universe, but they certainly don’t know everything. 2021 was a big year for physics – what was learned and what’s coming next?
A new result from the MicroBooNE neutrino experiment has dashed hopes for a neat resolution to several puzzles for physicists.
The study of neutrinos produced within the Earth’s interior provides a better understanding of the radioactivity of our planet.
A new method suggests we should aim to detect dark matter haloes by tracing galactic gas.
When scientists created the Higgs particle with protons, they needed the 10km-wide Large Hadron Collider. A muon machine could achieve it with a diameter of just 200 metres.
If we want an improved theory of particle physics, understanding neutrino masses is key.
Astronomers are now able to detect a host of signals streaming through the universe. This newfound ability is like gaining new senses and it’s opening the door to understanding the cosmos.
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Professor of Physics and Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Penn State
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Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
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Post Doctoral Research Associate, Centre for the Subatomic Structure of Matter, Adelaide University
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CSIRO Fellow, CSIRO
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Reader (Physics and Astronomy), University of Sussex
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Glenn Starkman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Distinguished University Professor of Physics, Case Western Reserve University
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Postgraduate Research Student in High Energy Astrophysics, Adelaide University
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Research scientist at SNOLAB, Adjunct faculty at Laurentian University, Laurentian University
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Assistant Professor of Physics, McGill University
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Professor of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor, University of Alberta
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Professor of Physics, Head of Department, Lancaster University
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Executive Director, Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Post-doctoral research fellow, London Research Institute
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Professor of Astronomy, Auckland University of Technology