The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen for developing a pioneering telescope to detect high-energy neutrinos, sometimes called ghost particles.
Researchers believe these high-energy minuscule particles can offer clues into how the universe evolved.
Halzen, who is from Belgium, is now a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Nobel Committee said the 82-year-old’s “tenacity and scientific vision has paved the way for a new kind of astronomy.”
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