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The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics has gone to a neutrino detector in Antarctica

The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded Francis Halzen of the University of Wisconsin Madison, who built an observatory under Antarctica.

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Geoff Brumfiel works as a senior editor and correspondent on NPR's science desk.
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