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
Thirteenth edition of IceCube Masterclass connects students with scientists
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…
IceCube search for joint sources of LIGO/Virgo gravitational waves and high-energy neutrinos
Gravitational waves (GWs) are produced by some of the most violent and energetic astrophysical phenomena, such as black holes and neutron star mergers. They have long been suspected of being astrophysical sources of neutrinos, ghostlike cosmic messengers hurtling through space unimpeded. Thus far, common astrophysical sources of neutrinos and photons…
Week 26 at the Pole
Bad weather has never looked so good. A bright moon and red exterior lighting coupled with very low visibility last week created a rather ethereal scene at the South Pole. But the downside was that the poor visibility forced IceCube’s winterovers to postpone an open house that had been planned…
🥉🚨 Bronze alert - IceCube observation of a high-energy neutrino candidate event at 2026/07/04 07:16:58 UTC. Find out more at: https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/45075.
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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.
