# Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Francis Halzen for high-energy neutrino discovery

https://mins.news/en/item/87716

- DW, 2026-10-06 09:54 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/nobel-prize-in-physics-goes-to-francis-halzen-for-discovering-neutrinos-described-as-ghost-like-messages-from-space/a-79561506?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded Francis Halzen the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin. The committee called neutrinos “ghostly messages from space.”

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