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8 June 2020 – Like so many other meetings, also the Spring Collaboration meeting of KM3NeT went online during corona times. A week full of discussions started today. An online concert and quiz are planned. Of course the traditional group photo has already been made.
05 February 2020 – The ORCA6 detector of KM3NeT is taking data since 27 January 2020 on a 24/7 scheme. Physicists are ‘on-shift’ to remotely or on-site operate the detector in the deep sea. The recorded data is stored in the computer centres of the KM3NeT Collaboration for further analysis. Read more
With the installation of two more detection units at the French site of KM3NeT, the first phase of building the ORCA detector is completed! Since 27 January 2020, the detector is taking data with six detection units. Read more
17-19 December 2019, KM3NeT Town Hall meeting in Marseille to promote our amazing multi-messenger programmes.
KM3NeT is 
searching for the best drawings of a neutrino!
Have you ever pictured a neutrino in your mind?
Do you have any idea how it might look like?
Share your idea with us latest 15 March 2019.
Curious? You find more information on the website of Draw me a neutrino
08 November 2019 – We are happy to welcome the Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), China, in our collaboration! Read more
28 July 2019 – The bi-annual International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC) is one of the most important conferences where astroparticle physicists share their latest results. This year’s conference, the 36th edition, is organised in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, from 24 July – 1 August.
Together, the ANTARES and KM3NeT Collaborations present their results in a highlight talk by Rosa Coniglione and in total 35 talks and posters. Read more
28 May 2019 – The KM3NeT/ORCA detector is now running with two detection units. The two units were installed during a recent deployment campaign. The KM3NeT researchers are eagerly analysing the recorded signals, while preparing the deployment of a further set of detection units. Read more
With great sadness we have witnessed the recent news on the destruction of the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, a UNESCO World Heritage monument.
The KM3NeT Collaboration, with a significant participation from French Universities and Research Institutions, offers its full support and sympathy to France and the people of Paris, hoping for a quick restoration of the Notre Dame.
(Photo by H.T. van Deurzen, Notre Dame, 2019/03/05 23:47)
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