IceCube is built on decades of research into tiny ‘ghost particles’ – but it was the first to find neutrinos coming from deep space

IceCube looks for high energy neutrinos from space. It joins the ranks of complementary experiments that study neutrinos originating closer to home.

中微子极难探测，物理学家用大型介质装置逐步揭开其振荡之谜。冰立方在南极冰层中建成后，于2013年首次确认来自太阳系外的高能中微子，并持续定位天体来源。