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In the video above, scientists and NSF officials discuss the purpose of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory upon completion of its construction at the end of 2010. Three years later, the world's largest neutrino detector has made history with the detection of very high-energy neutrinos from outside the solar system. From a galaxy far, far awayIceCube finds first solid evidence of neutrinos from outside the solar systemPosted November 29, 2013
Researchers with the IceCube "This is the first indication of high-energy neutrinos coming from outside our solar system," says Francis Halzen Details of the research are in the Nov. 22 edition of the journal Science. ![]() Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek/Antarctic Photo Library
The IceCube deployment team prepares the final string of digital optical modules for the subglacial neutrino detector on Dec. 18, 2010.
The IceCube collaboration made the discovery using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a particle detector buried in Antarctic ice at the U.S. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. NSF built the detector using a Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC) award, with assistance from partner funding agencies around the world. Officials in NSF's Polar Programs and Physics NSF's Division of Polar Programs has a presidential mandate to manage the U.S. Antarctic Program "IceCube is a wonderful and unique astrophysical telescope. It is deployed deep in the Antarctic ice, but looks over the entire universe, detecting neutrinos coming through the Earth from the northern skies, as well as from around the Southern skies," said Vladimir Papitashvili, Antarctic astrophysics and geospace science Added Jim Whitmore, program director on the particle astrophysics See more of the story from NSF here |