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 [...]