IceCube Neutrino Observatory

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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

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NSF mid-scale award sets off the first extension of IceCube

The IceCube Upgrade project represents the first phase in expanding IceCube for the future. Image: Kathrin Mallot, IceCube/NSF

Celebrating IceCube’s first decade of discovery

By Staff | 13 May, 21 | Collaboration Detector |

It was the beginning of a grand experiment unlike anything the world had ever seen. Ten years ago today, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory fully [...]

IceCube looks for low-energy neutrinos from gravitational wave events

By Madeleine O'Keefe | 2 Jun, 21 | Research |

Ever since the first detection of gravitational waves by LIGO and Virgo, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory has been searching for neutrino counterparts to gravitational [...]

Week 26 at the Pole

By Jean DeMerit | 14 Jul, 21 | Life at the Pole |

IceCube’s winterovers were busy last week. Although IceCube is a well-behaved detector, it nonetheless has issues arise from time to time that require attention—that’s [...]