Halzen wins Nobel for neutrinos

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Geoff Brumfiel

@gbrumfiel.bsky.social

The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics.

The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027.

October 6, 2026 at 10:44 AM

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Nature

@nature.com

The IceCube observatory at the South Pole is a vast array of 5160 sensors, buried more than 1.5km below the surface of the ice sheet. Today, the observatory won the Nobel Prize in Physics

Originally published 2023
go.nature.com/4hEJF0t

The most unusual portrait of the Milky Way yet: mapping the Galaxy with neutrinos

A vast telescope buried beneath Antarctica has captured high-energy neutrinos from the Galactic Centre, ushering in a new era for observing the Universe.

go.nature.com

October 6, 2026 at 10:38 AM

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Anna Nagurney

@annanagurney.bsky.social

And the 2026 winner of the Nobel price in physics is: www.reuters.com/science/fran... I am sure that all my friends in Madison are celebrating.

'Ghost particle' hunter Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Physics Prize

Belgian-American particle physicist Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for ground-breaking work creating an observatory to detect some of the universe's most elusive particles, high-en...

www.reuters.com

October 6, 2026 at 11:03 AM

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David Roberts

@drdavidlroberts.bsky.social

BBC News - 'Ghost particles' from space telescope wins physics Nobel
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Ghost particles' from space telescope wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics

Belgian physicist Prof Francis Halzen has won for his pioneering work on an observatory that detects particles from space.

www.bbc.co.uk

October 6, 2026 at 2:33 PM

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Antonio Martínez Ron

@aberron.bsky.social

ÚLTIMA HORA ‼️ Premio Nobel de Física 2026 a Francis Halzen por descubrir de neutrinos de alta energía de origen cósmico www.eldiario.es/1_cefc03?utm...

Premio Nobel de Física 2026 a Francis Halzen por descubrir de neutrinos de alta energía de origen cósmico

La Real Academia Sueca de Ciencias reconoce asimismo sus contribuciones decisivas al Observatorio de Neutrinos IceCube

www.eldiario.es

October 6, 2026 at 9:52 AM

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Humboldt-Stiftung

@humboldt-foundation.de

✨🥳🎉 Heartfelt congratulations to #Humboldtian Francis Halzen on winning the #NobelPrize in Physics 2026 "for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin".

@nobelprize.org
📷 Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach

October 6, 2026 at 10:13 AM

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Antonio Martínez Ron

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La Real Academia Sueca de Ciencias reconoce sus contribuciones decisivas al Observatorio de Neutrinos IceCube que permite detectar neutrinos procedentes de procesos extremadamente energéticos en regiones lejanas del universo
www.eldiario.es/sociedad/pre...

October 6, 2026 at 10:42 AM

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