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'Ghost particles' from space telescope wins physics Nobel

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

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Belgian physicist Prof Francis Halzen has won for his pioneering work on an observatory that detects particles from space. Belgian-born physicist Prof Francis Halzen has won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering work on an observatory that detects particles from space, shedding light on the distant universe. Halzen led the development of IceCube at the South Pole, which uses a cubic kilometre of Antarctic ice fitted with light sensors to detect particles called neutrinos. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said "his vision and scientific leadership have been fundamental for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory". He first presented his vision for detecting neutrinos at the South Pole in 1988. Because when we started this project, everybody realised this was maybe a good idea, but very few thought it would work, including myself." Scientists in a race to discover why our Universe exists Neutrinos are elusive subatomic particles. But IceCube is searching for much higher-energy neutrinos, those produced by violent processes far beyond our Solar System — in distant galaxies. Neutrinos can be thought of as astronomical messengers that point to those fundamental events.

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

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From the storyBelgian-born physicist Prof Francis Halzen has won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering work on an observatory that detects particles from space, shedding light on the distant universe.

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From the storyBelgian-born physicist Prof Francis Halzen has won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering work on an observatory that detects particles from space, shedding light on the distant universe.

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From the storyBelgian-born physicist Prof Francis Halzen has won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering work on an observatory that detects particles from space, shedding light on the distant universe.

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From the storyHalzen led the development of IceCube at the South Pole, which uses a cubic kilometre of Antarctic ice fitted with light sensors to detect particles called neutrinos.

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