# ‘Ghost particles’ observatory wins Nobel Prize in Physics

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- BBC News, 2026-10-06 10:10 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq203mymlvkeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Belgian physicist Prof Francis Halzen has won the Nobel Prize in Physics for pioneering the IceCube observatory at the South Pole. Built into a cubic kilometre of Antarctic ice, its light sensors detect neutrinos that carry clues about violent, high-energy processes in the distant universe.

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