Yearly Archives: 2016

IC86-2016, or a new physics run for IceCube

The IceCube Lab at the South Pole collects data from over 5,000 light sensors. Around [...]

Week 19 at the Pole

Not a particularly busy or hectic week at the Pole—quiet punctuated by work, or work [...]

Week 18 at the Pole

Under a sky lit by auroras, you can see the path through the Dark Sector, [...]

Week 17 at the Pole

It’s aurora season at the South Pole. Two lone figures—both of IceCube’s winterovers—were out on [...]

A first search for sterile neutrinos in IceCube

The IceCube Collaboration has performed two independent searches for light sterile neutrinos, both with one [...]

Week 16 at the Pole

IceCube winterover Mack’s Ecuadorian devil’s mask looks extra devilish under the red lights as he [...]

Week 15 at the Pole

IceCube winterover Mack van Rossem stands, with a full moon and the IceCube Lab (ICL) [...]

Week 14 at the Pole

With the darkness of winter settling in, it’s time to cover the windows. It’s also [...]

HAWC reveals new look at the very high energy sky

Today, at the APS April Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, scientists operating the High-Altitude [...]

Week 13 at the Pole

It was a relatively tranquil week at the Pole, but not without its interruptions—April Fool's [...]