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Week 31 at the Pole

The igloo from last week is finally finished. What began as an afternoon project ended [...]

Week 30 at the Pole

That’s not the IceCube Lab all frosted up in this photo but the ARO (Atmospheric [...]

IceCube search for the ‘sterile neutrino’ draws a blank

In an effort to fill in the blanks of the Standard Model of particle physics, [...]

High school interns benefit from tackling IceCube challenges

As the summer is heating up, two local high school students are chilling out working [...]

Week 29 at the Pole

Station life was quiet at the South Pole last week, but not too quiet. They [...]

Week 28 at the Pole

In summer at the South Pole, the traditional place for photo ops is the ceremonial [...]

Week 27 at the Pole

The sky was not disappointing anyone last week at the Pole; it had it all—stars, [...]

Week 26 at the Pole

South Pole, dead of winter, no sun for months. So, that rules out a rainbow [...]

TARGET 5, enabling precision gamma-ray astronomy

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will detect gamma rays with unprecedented precision. To do this, [...]

Week 25 at the Pole

It’s the middle of winter at the South Pole, and not only is it dark [...]