{"id":"5abc2b6a-6929-47ce-b2ac-d06f2a420a94","url":"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03092-1","domain":"nature.com","outlet":{"name":"Nature","country":"GB","cred":5,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"Nobel physics prize awarded for detection of ghostly neutrinos","plainHeadline":"Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for IceCube","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for IceCube Neutrino Observatory work.","IceCube detects high-energy neutrinos from space using 5,160 sensors in Antarctic ice.","Prize amount is 12-million Swedish kronor, about US$1.2 million.","IceCube completed in 2011, revealing neutrinos from beyond the galaxy by 2013.","The award recognizes leadership and the vision that enabled a new astronomy field."],"topics":["Science","Space","Education"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-06T11:17:53.949Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/a0e5bf31-ba5e-496c-bea1-c2350a7e9adf","storyId":"a0e5bf31-ba5e-496c-bea1-c2350a7e9adf","image":"https://media.nature.com/lw1200/magazine-assets/d41586-026-03092-1/d41586-026-03092-1_53780434.jpg","author":"Elizabeth Gibney","dek":"Francis Halzen wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on a pioneering high-energy neutrino observatory at the South Pole."}