IceCube Neutrino Observatory

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

Research Highlights

From neutrino physics to glaciology to dark matter, IceCube science spans a variety of fields.

Meet the Collaboration

The IceCube Collaboration includes hundreds of people from around the world. Image: Yuya Makino, IceCube/NSF

Activities and Resources

Learn more about IceCube by playing a game, making crafts, or reading our comic!

Working at the Pole

IceCube science begins at the South Pole. Image: Yuya Makino, IceCube/NSF

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 22 at the Pole

By Jean DeMerit | 11 Jun, 21 | Life at the Pole |

A relatively quiet week it was, last week at the Pole. As far as the IceCube detector goes, quiet is good. There are always [...]