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https://www.sciencealert.com/two-maj...we-know-so-far

It's shaping up to be a huge week for space and physics news, with two major press conferences about the Universe announced for Thursday 29 June.

They may share a date, but they're both very separate announcements, and from what we can tell, very distinct discoveries that will be shared with the public.

Gravitational wave discovery
As we covered earlier this week, the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) is coordinating a global announcement on Thursday 29 June 2023 at 1pm EDT (1700 UTC).

The update will shed light on research conducted by the International Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA) – a worldwide consortium of gravitational wave detectors: North America's NANOGrav; the European Pulsar Timing Array; the Indian Pulsar Timing Array Project; and Australia's Parkes Pulsar Timing Array.

Neutrino discovery
The second announcement on Thursday, which has erroneously been linked to the NANOGrav announcement on social media, is from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory built deep within the Antarctic ice. This particle detector is searching for neutrinos; subatomic particles that are incredibly challenging to detect due to their lack of charge and a mass that's virtually non-existent.