Oct. 10, 2026

2026 October 11 - Ice Fishing for Cosmic Neutrinos

2026 October 11 - Ice Fishing for Cosmic Neutrinos
2026 October 11 - Ice Fishing for Cosmic Neutrinos
NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day
2026 October 11 - Ice Fishing for Cosmic Neutrinos

A deep hole in Antarctic ice is part of IceCube’s unusual way of studying the universe. Buried sensors detect faint light from particles produced in rare neutrino interactions, giving astronomers another cosmic messenger.

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