Saturday, April 18, 2026

What Happens When Light Goes Boom? Part 4: What Brad Bradington Is Good For

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole, 2023. IceCube Collaboration / NSF. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cherenkov radiation isn't just a beautiful phenomenon. It turns up in nuclear reactors, in the upper atmosphere, in gamma ray telescopes on three continents, in a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice, and in hospital imaging suites. Here's what a light boom is actually good for.



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