02/12/2026 During the past Antarctic summer season, a team of 51 scientists and technicians – including two members of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) – installed more than 600 new sensors at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. The upgrade represents a major scientific and engineering achievement, realized through close collaboration with German and international partners.
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02/05/2026 Cosmic rays are messengers from space that scientists use to study the Universe. ORIGINS scientist Francesca Capel and ORIGINS doctoral student Nadine Bourriche from the Max Planck Institute for Physics have investigated one of the most energetic cosmic rays ever observed: the Amaterasu particle, named after the Japanese sun goddess. Their work marks an important step toward solving the puzzle of its origin, providing a new analytical approach to tracing the possible sources of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.
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