I'm in love with the cute little figure that came with the press release: https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2026/10/fig_fy_26_3x2.jpg

I appreciate the boldness of this project, it has an element of sci-fi to it. Building a base at the south pole to bury sensors in ice to measure elusive particles. The stuff of dreams!

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felixthehat 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The same guy (Johan Jarnestad) has been doing all the nobel prize illustrations and infographics for years!

https://www.infographics.se/

https://www.behance.net/JohanJarnestad

	▲	whizzter an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Looking at the behance site it's a pretty good choice, glad some illustrators are still making a living in the AI age.

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Sharlin 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

To be fair, the base was already there and logistically essential. The IceCube topside building is just a part of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, about a km or so from the Elevated Station.

	▲	jrowen 30 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		This image* from Wikipedia surprised me. The topside building is...you could say...the tip of the iceberg. The detectors span a huge area going over 2km deep. The predecessor AMANDA array was also down there. *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IceCube_Neutrino_Observatory#/...

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ungovernableCat 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

A trillion of these silly small guys pass through us every second. Funny to imagine them like that.

	▲	Kelteseth 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There are many things that my brain just can't handle, the size of the universe, more than 3 dimensions and this fact especially.