Neutrinos (blue sky map) in front of an artist’s impression of the Milky Way.
Experience IceCube in the immersive new documentary "Messengers." Credit: Director Jeffrey Zablotny and Trapdoor
2026 IceCube Impact Awards announced
The results of the thirteenth edition of the IceCube Impact Awards were announced during IceCube's spring collaboration meeting dinner at the Rote Bete, Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany. During the ceremony, IceCube spokesperson Erin O'Sullivan gave each recipient a certificate and mug to commemorate their achievements. The awardees are Vedant Basu…
IceCube’s 14-year data release for neutrino source searches
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, embedded in a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice, searches for weakly interacting particles called neutrinos that are able to travel undisturbed through the cosmos. Of interest are high-energy astrophysical neutrinos that can arise from cosmic-ray interactions with matter or photons in astrophysical sources. In the emerging…
Week 21 at the Pole
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…
🥉🚨 Bronze alert - IceCube observation of a high-energy neutrino candidate event at 2026/04/25 00:07:03 UTC. Find out more at: https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44409.
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Real-Time Alerts
IceCube is a unique telescope that offers an uninterrupted view of almost the full sky and is capable of detecting neutrinos at the highest energies while still being sensitive to much lower energy neutrinos. The dynamic range of the instrument is from GeV to hundreds of TeV and above, with the observation of cosmic neutrinos at energies approaching 10 PeV. Detection of MeV neutrinos is possible provided they are produced in bursts, as is the case for a Galactic supernova explosion.
IceCube real-time alerts trigger on a series of neutrino signatures with a high chance of identifying a neutrino of astrophysical origin, thus pointing to interesting regions of the sky, and notify the international community when an interesting cosmic phenomenon could be observed.
Outreach for people of all ages
IceCube has a long history of outreach activities that range from small group presentations to large collaborative art-science installations. Capitalizing on the appeal of the South Pole detector and building upon established collaborations, IceCube continues to find new ways to introduce IceCube science to an ever broader audience.
