{"id":928798,"date":"2026-10-11T08:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T08:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/928798\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T08:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T08:28:09","slug":"apod-2026-october-11-ice-fishing-for-cosmic-neutrinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/928798\/","title":{"rendered":"APOD: 2026 October 11 &#8211; Ice Fishing for Cosmic Neutrinos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p-md margin-0 media-detail-hero__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExplanation: Scientists are melting holes in the bottom of the world. In fact, almost 100 holes melted near the <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/image-article\/apod-2000-december-23-summer-at-the-south-pole\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Pole<\/a> are now being used as an astronomical observatory. Astronomers with the <a href=\"https:\/\/icecube.wisc.edu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IceCube Neutrino Observatory<\/a> lowered a long string knotted with basketball-sized light detectors into each vertical lake. The water in each hole soon refreezes. The detectors attached to the strings are sensitive to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cherenkov_radiation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blue light<\/a> emitted in the surrounding <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/image-article\/apod-2011-december-11-searching-for-meteorites-in-antarctica\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">clear ice<\/a>. Such light results from fast-moving <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">secondary particles<\/a> liberated when high-energy <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/universe\/stories\/quick-reads\/youre-always-surrounded-by-neutrinos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">neutrinos<\/a> emitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/svs.gsfc.nasa.gov\/20281\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">powerful processes<\/a> out in the universe collide with ice molecules. <a href=\"https:\/\/icecube.wisc.edu\/about-us\/overview\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IceCube<\/a> has now detected many illuminating neutrinos. Pictured in 2010, one of the last of IceCube&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/icecube.wisc.edu\/science\/icecube\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">detector strings<\/a> is lowered into the <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/image-article\/apod-2015-april-12-sentinels-of-the-arctic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">freezing abyss<\/a>, making IceCube the largest <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neutrino_detector#Neutrino_telescopes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">neutrino detector<\/a> ever created. In recognition of <a href=\"https:\/\/icecube.wisc.edu\/science\/research\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">unprecedented discoveries<\/a>, it was announced earlier this week that <a href=\"https:\/\/icecube.wisc.edu\/news\/awards\/2026\/10\/francis-halzen-icecube-principal-investigator-wins-2026-physics-nobel-prize\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a founding leader<\/a><a> of the <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/icecube.wisc.edu\/collaboration\/meet-the-collaboration\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IceCube Collaboration<\/a> will be awarded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/lists\/all-nobel-prizes-in-physics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nobel Prize in Physics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow&#8217;s picture: Moons Planet\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Explanation: Scientists are melting holes in the bottom of the world. 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