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
IceCube meets in Bochum for its spring 2026 collaboration meeting
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…
Dark matter annihilation with the IceCube Upgrade
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…
Week 25 at the Pole
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.…
🥉🚨 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.
