In the context of modern scientific research, consider the following statements about ‘IceCube’, a particle detector located at South Pole, which was recently in the news: 1) It is the world’s largest neutrino detector, encompassing a cubic kilometre of ice. 2) It is a powerful telescope to search for dark matter 3) It is buried deep in the ice. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Correct Answer: 1, 2 and 3 only. IceCube serves as particle detector which is placed at South Pole that keep record of relations of massless subatomic particle. Te searches for neutrinos from aggressive astrophysical basis like setting off stars, bursting of gamma ray and devastating happening that carry black holes and neutron stars. The telescope serves as strong tool to find dark matter and describes physical processes that are linked with mysterious origin of highest energy particles in nature. IceCube is largest neutrino detector that cover cubic kilometre of ice and is placed below the surface of ice at the depth of 2500 meters so as to obtain accurate results. With this explanation, we see that all the three statements are correct and hence, option D is correct.

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