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IceCube Neutrino Telescope

Posted by michael on from the more-neutrino-news dept.

AMANDA writes: "Ice Cube is a neutrino telescope located at the south pole. It has just received the congressional support for $15 million dollars from the NSF. It will be the largest scientific instrument in the world. It promises a view into the most energetic phenomena in the universe." The idea is to use a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice as a detector. Impressive.

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  1. Man, I didn't know by trilucid · · Score: 1, Offtopic


    particles physics was so damn cool...

    Sorry, it's 05:50 EST, and I'm still up coding... hey, Antartica's got lots of penguins, eh?

    I'll stop while I'm ahead :).

  2. Useless fact [offtopic?] by Sapien__ · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    A cubic kilometer of ice is a lot -- you can fit the entire world's population in that amount of space!

    Can't remember where I originally heard this from...

  3. i assume neutrino telescopes are a bit pricey.... by unformed · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    well kickass, i'm gonna be rich....my refrigerator makes ice cubes all the time...