Nobel physics prize awarded for discovery of ‘ghostly messengers’ from the cosmos

By Noelia Noël, Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Surrey

The 2026 Nobel prize for physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen for his discovery of high energy neutrino particles from space.

The Nobel committee said Halzen has made “decisive contributions” to the discovery of “neutrinos of astrophysical origin” with IceCube, an experiment installed under ice at the South Pole.

Ellen Moons, secretary general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, referred…

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