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Ghost Particles Are Exposing Hidden Black Holes. They Just Won a Nobel Prize.

Season 12 Episode 2 | 17m 28s

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics went to Francis Halzen for helping turn a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice into a telescope capable of detecting some of the universe’s most elusive particles: neutrinos. Discover how IceCube uses these ghost particles to trace cosmic rays back to their origins, reveal hidden supermassive black holes, and open an entirely new window on the universe.

Aired: 10/21/26
Extras
Can adding every positive whole number really give you -1/12?
Gigantic black holes existed in a cosmic eyeblink after the Big Bang. That should be impossible.
It’s believed empty space can be crystalized and we may have observed this for the first time.
LIGO may have found an impossible black hole, hinting at primordial relics from the Big Bang.
A decade later, a leading theory may finally explain Tabby’s Star, the galaxy’s weirdest star.
DESI and DES studied dark energy. Together, what can they tell us?
Could sending a quantum twin across the galaxy make you both old and young at the same time?
It's possible that an event horizon is forming right behind and you won't know until its too late.
Are there no alien signals to find... or do we need to update how we search for them?
Physicists hope Planck stars can save us from black hole singularities and paradoxes.
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Can adding every positive whole number really give you -1/12?
Gigantic black holes existed in a cosmic eyeblink after the Big Bang. That should be impossible.
It’s believed empty space can be crystalized and we may have observed this for the first time.
LIGO may have found an impossible black hole, hinting at primordial relics from the Big Bang.
A decade later, a leading theory may finally explain Tabby’s Star, the galaxy’s weirdest star.
DESI and DES studied dark energy. Together, what can they tell us?
Could sending a quantum twin across the galaxy make you both old and young at the same time?
It's possible that an event horizon is forming right behind and you won't know until its too late.
Are there no alien signals to find... or do we need to update how we search for them?
Physicists hope Planck stars can save us from black hole singularities and paradoxes.