Yearly Archives: 2020
Week 25 at the Pole
It was a green sky last week as the biggest aurora storm of the season [...]
Week 24 at the Pole
Everything that has a beginning and an end has a middle, too—and that goes for [...]
Week 23 at the Pole
They got some great outdoor photos last week under bright moonlight—no headlamps needed to walk [...]
Week 22 at the Pole
Submitted ideas for the next pole marker are on display. The winterovers will vote on [...]
Week 21 at the Pole
OK, so the weather’s cold (June average of -64° F), but there was lots of [...]
WIPAC stands for diversity, inclusion, equity, and justice
We are outraged by the death of Mr. George Floyd.
UW–Madison scientists play instrumental role in proving viability of innovative gamma-ray telescope
Scientists in the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) consortium have detected gamma rays from the Crab [...]
Winter at the Whipple Observatory: Leslie Taylor’s four months commissioning the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope
University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate student Leslie Taylor spent four months in Arizona recently. Her research [...]
Week 20 at the Pole
It’s cold at the South Pole, no matter how you slice and dice it. And [...]
Week 19 at the Pole
Last week was a relatively quiet week at the Pole. Well, quiet as far as [...]