World’s largest neutrino telescope wins its creator the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics

The 2026 physics Nobel honors Belgian-American particle physicist Francis Halzen, whose IceCube observatory can detect ...

Neutrino physicist wins 2026 Nobel Physics Prize

Francis Halzen, a physicist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics “for decisive ...

Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded for the Advent of Neutrino Astronomy

The Nobel was awarded “for the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin,” the Royal Swedish Academy of ...

Neutrino experiment pioneer Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in Physics

Francis Halzen, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor who pioneered the detection of ghostly particles from outer space has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. On Tuesday, members of the ...
Nature

Astronomy’s ‘adrenaline junkies’: Nobel prize captures the thrill of neutrino physics

Nature reporter Davide Castelvecchi reflects on covering the fast-moving field of astronomy honoured by the Nobel physics ...
Nature

Nobel physics prize awarded for detection of cosmic neutrinos

Francis Halzen wins the 2026 award for his work on a neutrino observatory at the South Pole that has helped to unlock ...

IceCube is built on decades of research into tiny ‘ghost particles’ – but it was the first to find neutrinos coming from deep space

IceCube looks for high energy neutrinos from space. It joins the ranks of complementary experiments that study neutrinos ...

I’m a physicist who worked on the Nobel‑winning neutrino search – here’s how a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice became a telescope for ghost particles from space

The 2026 Nobel Prize in physics recognizes Francis Halzen’s vision in building an unusual telescope in Antarctica, as well as ...
Chemistry World

High-energy neutrino detection captures Nobel prize in physics

Francis Halzen spearheaded the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica and is the first solo-winner of the physics prize ...
Meduza

How a Soviet physicist’s 1960 idea led to the birth of neutrino astronomy and this year’s Nobel Prize in physics

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Belgian physicist Francis Halzen for his “decisive contribution to the IceCube ...

Between starlight and Antarctic ice — another neutrino is on its way

Thanks to Nobel Prize winner Francis Halzen and his team, the ice is ready ...
Forbes

Neutrino Astronomy Is Here: Scientists See Milky Way In Particles For First Time

An artist’s composition of the Milky Way seen with a neutrino lens (blue). Astronomers are hailing a “new lens” they can use to observe the universe after the publishing of this new image (above) of ...