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Awards & Appointments · Question 59 of 63

Question 59

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The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics recognised work on which observatory, built into the ice at the South Pole?

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer C

Correct answer: C

Explanation

  1. Francis Halzen won for IceCube, a cubic kilometre of ice fitted with light sensors, and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos from space.

  2. Super-Kamiokande is a neutrino detector in Japan; LIGO detects gravitational waves.

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