IceCube Neutrino Observatory
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The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is an array of optical sensors located in Antarctic ice that detects the presence of neutrinos.
https://icecube.wisc.edu/
https://icecube.wisc.edu/
Upgrade Update #3
Eight more arrivals last week brought the South Pole IceCube population up to 29!
Read more ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/icecube...
📸: Vivian O'Dell, Emmett Krupczak, Chanda Sinsabvarodom, IceCube/NSF
Eight more arrivals last week brought the South Pole IceCube population up to 29!
Read more ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/icecube...
📸: Vivian O'Dell, Emmett Krupczak, Chanda Sinsabvarodom, IceCube/NSF
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Upgrade Update #3
Eight more arrivals last week brought the South Pole IceCube population up to 29!
Read more ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/icecube...
📸: Vivian O'Dell, Emmett Krupczak, Chanda Sinsabvarodom, IceCube/NSF
Eight more arrivals last week brought the South Pole IceCube population up to 29!
Read more ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/icecube...
📸: Vivian O'Dell, Emmett Krupczak, Chanda Sinsabvarodom, IceCube/NSF
Join safety officer Sarah Bouckoms LIVE today @ 4 PM EDT, where she will describe her work on the IceCube Upgrade project! 🧊📷✨
This is part of a 12-week virtual exchange program in partnership with Exploring By The Seat Of Your Pants and Reach the World.
www.youtube.com/live/NT1_mUo...
This is part of a 12-week virtual exchange program in partnership with Exploring By The Seat Of Your Pants and Reach the World.
www.youtube.com/live/NT1_mUo...
Detecting Cosmic Messengers Live From the South Pole
Explorer Sarah Bouckoms is a scientist and educator who has worked in Antarctica since 2008. This Antarctic summer, she’s fulfilling a lifelong dream by trav...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Join safety officer Sarah Bouckoms LIVE today @ 4 PM EDT, where she will describe her work on the IceCube Upgrade project! 🧊📷✨
This is part of a 12-week virtual exchange program in partnership with Exploring By The Seat Of Your Pants and Reach the World.
www.youtube.com/live/NT1_mUo...
This is part of a 12-week virtual exchange program in partnership with Exploring By The Seat Of Your Pants and Reach the World.
www.youtube.com/live/NT1_mUo...
It's not a rainbow, it's an ice crystal bow! 🌈❄️ Looks like a beautiful day of sunny skies and frigid air at the South Pole!
📸: Lea Schlickmann, IceCube/NSF
📸: Lea Schlickmann, IceCube/NSF
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It's not a rainbow, it's an ice crystal bow! 🌈❄️ Looks like a beautiful day of sunny skies and frigid air at the South Pole!
📸: Lea Schlickmann, IceCube/NSF
📸: Lea Schlickmann, IceCube/NSF
This month's Voices of IceCube feature is Riya Shah, a Drexel PhD student! 📣
Read the interview ➡️https://icecube.wisc.edu/voices-of-icecube/2025/11/riya-shah/
#VoicesofIceCube #IceCubeObservatory #SouthPole #Neutrinos #Astrophysics #Science #IceCubeStation
Read the interview ➡️https://icecube.wisc.edu/voices-of-icecube/2025/11/riya-shah/
#VoicesofIceCube #IceCubeObservatory #SouthPole #Neutrinos #Astrophysics #Science #IceCubeStation
November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This month's Voices of IceCube feature is Riya Shah, a Drexel PhD student! 📣
Read the interview ➡️https://icecube.wisc.edu/voices-of-icecube/2025/11/riya-shah/
#VoicesofIceCube #IceCubeObservatory #SouthPole #Neutrinos #Astrophysics #Science #IceCubeStation
Read the interview ➡️https://icecube.wisc.edu/voices-of-icecube/2025/11/riya-shah/
#VoicesofIceCube #IceCubeObservatory #SouthPole #Neutrinos #Astrophysics #Science #IceCubeStation
🗓️ The official IceCube Calendar for 2026 is now available for download! You can find the calendar—featuring shots taken by some of our former winterovers, Connor Duffy, Ilya Bodo, and Kalvin Moschkau—linked below!
icecube.wisc.edu/news/outreac...
icecube.wisc.edu/news/outreac...
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🗓️ The official IceCube Calendar for 2026 is now available for download! You can find the calendar—featuring shots taken by some of our former winterovers, Connor Duffy, Ilya Bodo, and Kalvin Moschkau—linked below!
icecube.wisc.edu/news/outreac...
icecube.wisc.edu/news/outreac...
🔔📜 IceCube paper submitted to ApJ!
We present a search for clustering between a catalog of galaxies and IceCube data using the two-point angular cross-correlation. We did not find any significant clustering between the galaxies and neutrinos.
Story ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/uncategorize...
We present a search for clustering between a catalog of galaxies and IceCube data using the two-point angular cross-correlation. We did not find any significant clustering between the galaxies and neutrinos.
Story ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/uncategorize...
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🔔📜 IceCube paper submitted to ApJ!
We present a search for clustering between a catalog of galaxies and IceCube data using the two-point angular cross-correlation. We did not find any significant clustering between the galaxies and neutrinos.
Story ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/uncategorize...
We present a search for clustering between a catalog of galaxies and IceCube data using the two-point angular cross-correlation. We did not find any significant clustering between the galaxies and neutrinos.
Story ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/uncategorize...
📍Five planes arrived at the South Pole Station—many of the new arrivals were IceCubers! Our two new winterovers, Camille and Alicia, were welcomed out on the ice by outgoing winterovers, Joe and Ilya.
Read more about week 44
➡️ tinyurl.com/IceCubeWeek44
📸: Jennifer Wang, IceCube/NSF
Read more about week 44
➡️ tinyurl.com/IceCubeWeek44
📸: Jennifer Wang, IceCube/NSF
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
📍Five planes arrived at the South Pole Station—many of the new arrivals were IceCubers! Our two new winterovers, Camille and Alicia, were welcomed out on the ice by outgoing winterovers, Joe and Ilya.
Read more about week 44
➡️ tinyurl.com/IceCubeWeek44
📸: Jennifer Wang, IceCube/NSF
Read more about week 44
➡️ tinyurl.com/IceCubeWeek44
📸: Jennifer Wang, IceCube/NSF
Happy #InternationalCosmicDay! ✨🌌 Organized by DESY and IPPOG, International Cosmic Day is an annual educational event exploring questions surrounding cosmic rays!
More info ➡️https://icd.desy.de/about/
📸: International Cosmic Day
More info ➡️https://icd.desy.de/about/
📸: International Cosmic Day
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Happy #InternationalCosmicDay! ✨🌌 Organized by DESY and IPPOG, International Cosmic Day is an annual educational event exploring questions surrounding cosmic rays!
More info ➡️https://icd.desy.de/about/
📸: International Cosmic Day
More info ➡️https://icd.desy.de/about/
📸: International Cosmic Day
🔔📜 IceCube paper submitted to PRD!
We searched for neutrinos from dark matter annihilation using IceCube’s DeepCore detector. A significant excess of neutrinos was not found, and new limits were set on dark matter interactions.
Story ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/researc...
We searched for neutrinos from dark matter annihilation using IceCube’s DeepCore detector. A significant excess of neutrinos was not found, and new limits were set on dark matter interactions.
Story ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/researc...
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
🔔📜 IceCube paper submitted to PRD!
We searched for neutrinos from dark matter annihilation using IceCube’s DeepCore detector. A significant excess of neutrinos was not found, and new limits were set on dark matter interactions.
Story ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/researc...
We searched for neutrinos from dark matter annihilation using IceCube’s DeepCore detector. A significant excess of neutrinos was not found, and new limits were set on dark matter interactions.
Story ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/researc...
Upgrade Update #2
The crew spent a lot of time shoveling to get most of the buildings in the drill camp out. While the crew continues preparations, the South Pole Overland Traverse is making good progress.
Read more ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/icecube...
📸 Emmett Krupczak, IceCube/NSF
The crew spent a lot of time shoveling to get most of the buildings in the drill camp out. While the crew continues preparations, the South Pole Overland Traverse is making good progress.
Read more ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/icecube...
📸 Emmett Krupczak, IceCube/NSF
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Upgrade Update #2
The crew spent a lot of time shoveling to get most of the buildings in the drill camp out. While the crew continues preparations, the South Pole Overland Traverse is making good progress.
Read more ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/icecube...
📸 Emmett Krupczak, IceCube/NSF
The crew spent a lot of time shoveling to get most of the buildings in the drill camp out. While the crew continues preparations, the South Pole Overland Traverse is making good progress.
Read more ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/icecube...
📸 Emmett Krupczak, IceCube/NSF
📍The first Basler plane bringing the summer crew has finally arrived at the Pole! It brought 12 new arrivals and left with three of the winterovering crew.
Read more about week 43 ➡️https://icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at-the-pole/2025/11/week-43-at-the-pole-5/
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
Read more about week 43 ➡️https://icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at-the-pole/2025/11/week-43-at-the-pole-5/
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📍The first Basler plane bringing the summer crew has finally arrived at the Pole! It brought 12 new arrivals and left with three of the winterovering crew.
Read more about week 43 ➡️https://icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at-the-pole/2025/11/week-43-at-the-pole-5/
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
Read more about week 43 ➡️https://icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at-the-pole/2025/11/week-43-at-the-pole-5/
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
Upgrade Update #1
Before the first group of IceCubers arrived at the South Pole, they examined the staging area for the cargo transport at McMurdo Station. This was to confirm that the Upgrade cable assemblies were ready.
Read more ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/upgrade...
📸 Vivian O'Dell
Before the first group of IceCubers arrived at the South Pole, they examined the staging area for the cargo transport at McMurdo Station. This was to confirm that the Upgrade cable assemblies were ready.
Read more ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/upgrade...
📸 Vivian O'Dell
November 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Upgrade Update #1
Before the first group of IceCubers arrived at the South Pole, they examined the staging area for the cargo transport at McMurdo Station. This was to confirm that the Upgrade cable assemblies were ready.
Read more ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/upgrade...
📸 Vivian O'Dell
Before the first group of IceCubers arrived at the South Pole, they examined the staging area for the cargo transport at McMurdo Station. This was to confirm that the Upgrade cable assemblies were ready.
Read more ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/upgrade...
📸 Vivian O'Dell
The first wave of IceCubers has arrived at the South Pole aboard a Lockheed C-130 Hercules or "Herc" as they call it.
As more IceCubers arrive at the Pole, we'll start sharing progress on the IceCube Upgrade! ❄️✨
📸: Vedant Basu
As more IceCubers arrive at the Pole, we'll start sharing progress on the IceCube Upgrade! ❄️✨
📸: Vedant Basu
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The first wave of IceCubers has arrived at the South Pole aboard a Lockheed C-130 Hercules or "Herc" as they call it.
As more IceCubers arrive at the Pole, we'll start sharing progress on the IceCube Upgrade! ❄️✨
📸: Vedant Basu
As more IceCubers arrive at the Pole, we'll start sharing progress on the IceCube Upgrade! ❄️✨
📸: Vedant Basu
📢 Ever wonder what it's like to work at one of the coolest places on Earth? Now's your chance! ❄️ 🧊
Winterover applications for the 2026-27 season are NOW OPEN! Applications are due January 15, 2026.
Find out more and apply here ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/jobs/
Winterover applications for the 2026-27 season are NOW OPEN! Applications are due January 15, 2026.
Find out more and apply here ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/jobs/
November 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
📢 Ever wonder what it's like to work at one of the coolest places on Earth? Now's your chance! ❄️ 🧊
Winterover applications for the 2026-27 season are NOW OPEN! Applications are due January 15, 2026.
Find out more and apply here ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/jobs/
Winterover applications for the 2026-27 season are NOW OPEN! Applications are due January 15, 2026.
Find out more and apply here ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/jobs/
Happy first of the month from this Antarctic crew--or should we say, waddle!🐧
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Happy first of the month from this Antarctic crew--or should we say, waddle!🐧
📍Though the uncooperative weather at the Pole may have delayed some flights this week, the first fresh produce delivery the winterovers have seen in nine months finally arrived at the station!
Read more about week 42 ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at...
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
Read more about week 42 ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at...
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
📍Though the uncooperative weather at the Pole may have delayed some flights this week, the first fresh produce delivery the winterovers have seen in nine months finally arrived at the station!
Read more about week 42 ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at...
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
Read more about week 42 ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at...
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
The first wave of IceCubers has just arrived at McMurdo Station from Christchurch, NZ, aboard a USAF C-17. Soon, they will journey to the South Pole for the 3rd field season of the IceCube Upgrade, where they will drill seven holes through Antarctic ice.
📸 Vedant Basu
📸 Vedant Basu
October 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The first wave of IceCubers has just arrived at McMurdo Station from Christchurch, NZ, aboard a USAF C-17. Soon, they will journey to the South Pole for the 3rd field season of the IceCube Upgrade, where they will drill seven holes through Antarctic ice.
📸 Vedant Basu
📸 Vedant Basu
📍This season’s first plane has officially arrived at the South Pole! In the coming weeks, there will be plenty more, but in the meantime, the IceCube detector has been well-behaved.
Read more about week 41 here ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at...
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
Read more about week 41 here ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at...
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
October 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
📍This season’s first plane has officially arrived at the South Pole! In the coming weeks, there will be plenty more, but in the meantime, the IceCube detector has been well-behaved.
Read more about week 41 here ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at...
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
Read more about week 41 here ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at...
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
This month's Voices of IceCube feature is Perri Zilberman, a @UWMadPhysics PhD student! 📣 🧑🔬👩🔬
Read the interview ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/voices-of-ic...
Read the interview ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/voices-of-ic...
October 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This month's Voices of IceCube feature is Perri Zilberman, a @UWMadPhysics PhD student! 📣 🧑🔬👩🔬
Read the interview ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/voices-of-ic...
Read the interview ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/voices-of-ic...
Reach the world explorers are headed back into the field, and your students are invited to join safety officer Sarah Bouckoms as she travels to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. Bundle up! ❄️✨
Register here ➡️https://info.reachtheworld.org/l/935453/2025-01-10/61qzlp
Register here ➡️https://info.reachtheworld.org/l/935453/2025-01-10/61qzlp
October 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Reach the world explorers are headed back into the field, and your students are invited to join safety officer Sarah Bouckoms as she travels to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. Bundle up! ❄️✨
Register here ➡️https://info.reachtheworld.org/l/935453/2025-01-10/61qzlp
Register here ➡️https://info.reachtheworld.org/l/935453/2025-01-10/61qzlp
📍While winterovers continued cleaning up snow outside. Inside, staff set up the gallery for the summer configuration, with all the tables and chairs that had been moved out over the winter.
Read more about week 40 ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at...
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
Read more about week 40 ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at...
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
October 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
📍While winterovers continued cleaning up snow outside. Inside, staff set up the gallery for the summer configuration, with all the tables and chairs that had been moved out over the winter.
Read more about week 40 ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at...
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
Read more about week 40 ➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at...
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
Last week the IceCube fall collaboration meeting wrapped up in Salt Lake City! Thank you to all who participated, and we look forward to seeing everyone again next year in Bochum, Germany!✨🏙️
October 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Last week the IceCube fall collaboration meeting wrapped up in Salt Lake City! Thank you to all who participated, and we look forward to seeing everyone again next year in Bochum, Germany!✨🏙️
Project Hercules, the latest game from Field Day Learning Games in collaboration with WIPAC, is live! 📣🎊Step into the role of Astrid, an astronomer working to uncover the mystery of an impending celestial event. ✨
Play the game! ➡️ fielddaylab.wisc.edu/play/project...
Play the game! ➡️ fielddaylab.wisc.edu/play/project...
October 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Project Hercules, the latest game from Field Day Learning Games in collaboration with WIPAC, is live! 📣🎊Step into the role of Astrid, an astronomer working to uncover the mystery of an impending celestial event. ✨
Play the game! ➡️ fielddaylab.wisc.edu/play/project...
Play the game! ➡️ fielddaylab.wisc.edu/play/project...
📍Winterovers kicked off the first phase of clearing the accumulated snow at the IceCube Lab and conducted a test run on the detector.
Read more about week 39
➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at...
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
Read more about week 39
➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at...
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
October 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
📍Winterovers kicked off the first phase of clearing the accumulated snow at the IceCube Lab and conducted a test run on the detector.
Read more about week 39
➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at...
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
Read more about week 39
➡️ icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at...
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
📍Did you know that there’s a specific place at the South Pole known as the “End of the World”? It’s what they call the area past the storage berms out on the ice.
Read more about week 38 here icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at...
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
Read more about week 38 here icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at...
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
October 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
📍Did you know that there’s a specific place at the South Pole known as the “End of the World”? It’s what they call the area past the storage berms out on the ice.
Read more about week 38 here icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at...
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF
Read more about week 38 here icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at...
📸:Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF