Category Archives: Detector
IceCube: Antarctic neutrino detector to get $37 million upgrade
IceCube, the Antarctic neutrino detector that in July of 2018 helped unravel one of the oldest [...]
Sensor from Antarctic observatory IceCube joins Smithsonian collection
A sensor from the enormous Antarctic observatory IceCube has joined the permanent collection of the [...]
Gamma-ray telescope ready for prime time
A new telescope, part of an international effort to develop and build the world’s largest, [...]
Prototype camera set for integration into novel gamma-ray telescope
A unique high-speed camera, designed to capture the fleeting effects of gamma rays crashing into [...]
The IC86-2017 physics run: better neutrino alerts and a brand-new monitoring system
It’s that time of the year. Down at the South Pole, our team is in [...]
Summer season done, now ready for the long winter
Up until almost the last minute, the summer activities at the Pole kept the IceCube [...]
Everything you always wanted to know about the IceCube detector
The IceCube detector has been explained widely—in many different languages and in hundreds of locations [...]
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 [...]
Feds renew big IceCube observatory contract with UW–Madison
The National Science Foundation today, March 30, announced that it has renewed a cooperative agreement [...]
Five years since IceCube Neutrino Observatory completion
Decades ago, the aspiration to build a kilometer-scale neutrino detector at the South Pole seemed [...]
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