Yearly Archives: 2020
Week 42 at the Pole
The scene outside the South Pole station—now that there’s sunlight to see by—is rather changed [...]
IceCube at ScienceWriters 2020
Like the vast majority of conferences and meetings this year, ScienceWriters 2020 went virtual in [...]
Week 41 at the Pole
Sunbathing at the South Pole? Well, why not! The sun is out and there’s a [...]
How do astronomers test-drive a telescope?
Graduate student Leslie Taylor helped fine-tune a high-energy gamma-ray telescope this summer. Detecting the Crab [...]
Week 40 at the Pole
The IceCube Lab has accumulated quite a bit of snow over the winter. And that [...]
Week 39 at the Pole
Now that the sun is up 24/7 at the South Pole, it’s hard for the [...]
Week 38 at the Pole
The sun is up but still low on the horizon, casting long shadows, as seen [...]
Week 37 at the Pole
As the long winter comes to an end with the sunrise at the South Pole, [...]
Week 36 at the Pole
Last week was somewhat busy for the IceCube detector. Otherwise, the sun continues its slow [...]
Week 35 at the Pole
What did we just say about the dawn sky at the South Pole? That it [...]