Belgian physicist Francis Halzen became the laureate of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contribution to the IceCube neutrino observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos.

Belgian physicist Francis Halzen became the laureate of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contribution to the IceCube neutrino observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos.

@meduzalive 07 Oct 2026, 09:26

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Francis Halzen for the discovery of astrophysical neutrinos, inspired by the ideas of Soviet scientist Moisei Markov, who proposed the IceCube neutrino observatory project in the 1960s.

@meduzalive 07 Oct 2026, 06:21