First field season for IceCube Upgrade ongoing at the South Pole
A view of the seasonal equipment site from the first field season for the IceCube Upgrade. Image: Kurt Studt, IceCube/NSF
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Neutrinos (blue sky map) in front of an artist’s impression of the Milky Way. Image credit: IceCube Collaboration/Science Communication Lab for CRC 1491
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#IceCube10 – Celebrating 10 Years of IceCube
#IceCube10 – Celebrating 10 Years of IceCube
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IceCube Explained
What exactly is IceCube? How does it use the South Pole ice to see neutrinos from outer space? Image: Yuya Makino, IceCube/NSF
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Research Highlights
From neutrino physics to glaciology to dark matter, IceCube science spans a variety of fields.
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Meet the Collaboration
The IceCube Collaboration includes hundreds of people from around the world. Image: Yuya Makino, IceCube/NSF
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Activities and Resources
Learn more about IceCube by playing a game, making crafts, or reading our comic!
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Working at the Pole
IceCube science begins at the South Pole. Image: Yuya Makino, IceCube/NSF
At the South Pole, the cubic-kilometer-sized IceCube Neutrino Observatory searches for high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin. When a neutrino crashes into the ice, blue light is emitted and detected by some of IceCube’s 5,160 digital optical modules (DOMs) across 86 vertical cables (strings) embedded deep within the Antarctic ice. The [...]
This story was originally published by University of Wisconsin–Madison Communications. University of Wisconsin–Madison physicist Francis Halzen has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences. Halzen is one of 120 scientists elected this year in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research, according to the academy’s announcement [...]
Even though sunset is always a slow and gradual process at the South Pole, it does seem like the “darkness” comes all of a sudden. Last week, those at the Pole were treated to the first large aurora of the season. In the image above, the aurora spreads across the [...]