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
As cosmic rays crash into the Earth’s atmosphere, air showers containing atmospheric muons and neutrinos are produced. The atmospheric neutrinos are then detected by DeepCore, a denser array of sensors in the center of the IceCube detector at the South Pole. Compared to the main IceCube detector, DeepCore is sensitive [...]
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 of the new members this week. Election to the academy is among the highest honors that a scientist can receive. [...]
When it’s really cold outside—like with temperatures approaching -100°F!—it’s nice to have lots of fun things going on indoors at the Pole. Sure, there was work, and IceCube winterovers Connor and Kalvin had plenty to do: multiple webcasts for the IceCube Masterclass, deployment testing for the latest data acquisition software [...]