Tue 8 Dec · 6:30pm
Rob Roy Hotel · Adelaide
the inside story of the 2026 physics Nobel over pub dinner
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Talks on Tuesdays is a live event series bringing big ideas, real experts, and curious minds together - at your favourite local venues. Think thought-provoking lectures, audience questions, and post-talk mingling over drinks and dinner.
This isn’t a uni lecture. It’s a social, intelligent night out.Come alone or with friends, leave with something to talk about.
Event Schedule:
6.30pm Arrival & Doors Open
7pm Lecture Starts
7.45pm Q&A
8pm Talk Concludes
8.30pm Event Closes.
*Please arrive close to 6.30pm
A La Carte menu and full bar available throughout the night - pay as you go.
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Catching Ghosts at the South Pole: The Inside Story of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics
Every second, around 60 billion ghost particles pass through your thumbnail. They pass right through the Earth too, and you will never feel a single one.
They’re called neutrinos, the most mysterious messengers in the universe. They barely interact with anything, which lets them cross the cosmos untouched. They carry news from exploding stars, giant black holes, and other places light can’t reach. It also makes them almost impossible to catch.
So how do you catch a ghost? You go to the end of the world. At the South Pole, scientists drilled 2.5 km into the Antarctic ice and lowered more than 5,000 light sensors into the dark. The result is IceCube, a telescope made of a cubic kilometre of ice. On Tuesday, 6 October 2026, it won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
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When is Catching Ghosts at the South Pole: The Inside Story of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics?
Tue 8 Dec 2026, 6:30pm.
Where is it?
Rob Roy Hotel, Adelaide, SA.
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