It is the birth of neutrino astronomy. For the first time, astrophysicists can detect extra-terrestrial neutrinos in ice on the South Pole. The fundamental questions of science remain unanswered., how did the universe come to be? What keeps our world together? The newly discovered extra-galactic neutrinos may hold the keys to answering these questions.
Cinematography
Drone shots of IceCube Lab that look like sci-fi concept art
Production
Actual data visualizations that somehow look beautiful
Director
Martina Treusch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
IceCube detects about one high-energy neutrino per month; the 2013 discovery of extra-galactic neutrinos made this film possible.
This 2017 release predated the 2018 neutrino source identification—making it a fascinating time-capsule of scientific suspense.
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