Midwinter has finally arrived at the Pole, and along with it the usual flurry of activity. This year, celebrations were given a medieval theme. Decorations and dress code followed suit for the traditional dinner. Before the meal, they had some fun with a festive disco bowling event in the gym. And check out their midwinter […]
More than 20 IceCube institutions hosted 200 students in Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, and the United States for the thirteenth edition of the IceCube Masterclass. Held between the months of March and May this year, the host institutions provided a day full of hands-on activities, webcasts, and lectures to local high school students. Since 2014, […]
IceCube’s winterovers had plenty of maintenance activities and detector calibrations, for both IceCube and the new IceCube Upgrade systems, to keep them busy last week. Station life also had its share of community activities, including a fun diversion working on a 3D puzzle of the Millennium Falcon. Looks like they’re almost done. They also had […]
Gravitational waves (GWs) are produced by some of the most violent and energetic astrophysical phenomena, such as black hole and neutron star mergers. During the merger of two black holes or neutron stars, particle acceleration is expected to occur. This can produce a short gamma-ray burst as well as neutrinos, cosmic messengers hurtling through space […]
The moon was out (nice and bright!), and a strong line of auroras crossed the lower sky, together creating a nice composition for a winter sky photo at the Pole. IceCube’s winterovers were busy last week with operations and calibration tasks, but had time to enjoy the outdoors as well as the fruits of their […]
The South Pole elevated station houses living quarters for its residents, which includes a large kitchen, dining and lounge areas, laboratory spaces…even a gym. (And a greenhouse!) But there are lots of other interesting spaces at the South Pole that are not elevated but rather underground. The fuel arch is one of them, located in […]
Earlier this month, more than 200 participants took part in the fall IceCube Collaboration meeting in Bochum, Germany. The meeting was hosted by the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. To kick off the meeting, Anna Franckowiak, a professor at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and cochair of the local organizing committee (LOC), gave welcome remarks, followed by remarks from Professor Achim […]
Tetiana Kozynets, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Liverpool, was awarded a 2025 Global Neutrino Network (GNN) Dissertation Prize. This year, Kozynets was one of three postdoctoral candidates who were awarded the prize. The winners were announced at the 2026 GNN meeting last week in Amsterdam. The GNN dissertation prize recognizes young postdoctoral candidates […]
The nature of dark matter (DM) remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in modern physics. Although it is thought to make up 85% of all matter in the universe, scientists have yet to determine what it is made of. A possible candidate for DM is theoretical particles called weakly interacting massive particles. When these […]
Last week at the Pole, the winterovers enjoyed some incredible auroras. And we were reminded that auroras are not always so easy to capture in photos. Ahh…but to be there in person is a treat. The panoramic view in the bottom image stretches from the IceCube Lab on the left to the South Pole station […]