Marietta College is excited to offer a free, public, full-dome showing of “Chasing the Ghost Particle: From the South Pole to the Edge of the Universe” at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, November 12th, in the Anderson Hancock Planetarium. This video selection is particularly relevant following the announcement that the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”
Deep in the ice at the heart of Antarctica, the biggest and strangest detector in the world waits for mysterious messengers from the cosmos. The detector is IceCube! The messengers are neutrinos–ghostly particles that give us tantalizing looks into world of exploding stars and black holes.
This show tells the incredible story of how an international team of scientists and engineers transformed one billion tons of Antarctic ice into a telescope. Building IceCube was a titanic endeavor driven by our human passion for discovery.
“Chasing the Ghost Particle” is co-production of the Daniel M. Soref Planetarium at the Milwaukee Public Museum and the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Each public show includes a live star talk about the current night sky, followed by the full-dome video and a Q&A period. Donations are welcome, however educational experiences in our planetarium are offered free and open to the public. Registration is suggested. Follow this link to select this event and reserve your seat: https://www.givepulse.com/group/2064069-Anderson-Hancock-Planetarium. Those without reservations will be admitted as space allows.