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Week 46 at the Pole
November 24, 2023

Connor Duffy, IceCube/NSF It’s summer at the Pole, with new people coming and other folks [...]

Meet IceCube’s 2023-2024 winterovers, Connor and Kalvin!
November 22, 2023

The time has come for our current winterovers, Marc and Hrvoje, to pass the torch [...]

Week 45 at the Pole
November 16, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF Seems like only yesterday when IceCube winterovers Hrvoje and Marc arrived at [...]

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WIPAC and IceCube are back at Holiday Fantasy in Lights
November 9, 2023

WIPAC is back with our IceCube display at the Holiday Fantasy in Lights event in Madison, WI! [...]

Week 44 at the Pole
November 8, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF This could be IceCube winterover Marc’s last weather balloon launch at the [...]

SCAR AAA meets above the Arctic Circle for 7th workshop
November 6, 2023

This story was originally published in a SCAR news article and has been adapted for [...]

Week 43 at the Pole
November 2, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF Summer season has begun—there were two flights in and out of the [...]

Week 42 at the Pole
October 27, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF With the first planes of the summer season soon to arrive, it’s [...]

Week 41 at the Pole
October 19, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF Oh, we thought they were done clearing snow. Guess not—look at all [...]

Carlos Argüelles-Delgado named a 2023 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering
October 16, 2023

Credit: Bryce Vickmark IceCube collaborator and Harvard physics professor Carlos A. Argüelles-Delgado was named a [...]

Week 40 at the Pole
October 12, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF Last week was another relatively quiet week at the South Pole. IceCube’s [...]

Week 39 at the Pole
October 6, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF Things were on the quiet side last week at the South Pole. [...]

Week 38 at the Pole
September 29, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF It was very cloudy for the official sunrise this year. In fact, [...]

Week 37 at the Pole
September 21, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF It’s getting quite bright outdoors, clear enough to see the penguin in [...]

Week 36 at the Pole
September 14, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF Even without the stars and auroras, the sky at the South Pole [...]

Week 35 at the Pole
September 7, 2023

Christian Rahl, GHG The skies might be getting a bit brighter as sunrise approaches, but [...]

Week 34 at the Pole
September 1, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF IceCube winterover Marc recently captured a nice swath of green auroras swirling [...]

Week 33 at the Pole
August 25, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF The end of winter may be in sight at the South Pole, [...]

Ke Fang, Ellen Zweibel earn Simons Foundation funding
August 22, 2023

This story was originally published in a UW–Madison Department of Physics news article. Much of what [...]

Second ThaisCube workshop strengthens partnership between IceCube, Thailand
August 18, 2023

Participants of the 2nd ThaisCube workshop in 2023. Credit: Jetsada (Arm) Maburee Last week concluded [...]

Week 32 at the Pole
August 17, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF Time flies—they’re starting to talk about the Sun’s reappearance at the Pole. [...]

Week 31 at the Pole
August 14, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF The moon was bright at the Pole last week. And it sufficiently [...]

Week 30 at the Pole
August 3, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF The theme for last week at the Pole was “tall.” IceCube winterover [...]

HAWC discovers the highest energy light coming from the sun
August 3, 2023

This story is adapted from the Michigan State University (MSU) press release. Sometimes, the best [...]

Week 29 at the Pole
July 28, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF For such a remote, isolated location, the South Pole tends to have [...]

Lu Lu receives 2023 IUPAP Early Career Scientist Prize
July 27, 2023

Lu Lu IceCube collaborator Lu Lu received a 2023 International Union of Pure and Applied [...]

Lu Lu receives 2023 IUPAP Early Career Scientist Prize
July 27, 2023

Lu Lu IceCube collaborator Lu Lu received a 2023 International Union of Pure and Applied [...]

Week 28 at the Pole
July 24, 2023

Hrvoje Dujmovic, IceCube/NSF Christmas in July continued last week with all sorts of activities, ranging [...]

Week 27 at the Pole
July 14, 2023

Hrvoje Dujmovic, IceCube/NSF A barren landscape, the South Pole is actually a desert. It’s not [...]

Week 26 at the Pole
July 11, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF Not everyone celebrates Christmas in July, but they do at the South [...]

IceCube shows our Milky Way galaxy is a neutrino desert
June 29, 2023

Our Milky Way galaxy is an awe-inspiring feature of the night sky, dominating all wavelengths [...]

Week 25 at the Pole
June 28, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF For those who spend a year living at the South Pole, they [...]

Week 24 at the Pole
June 23, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF Last week at the Pole it was all about the sky. There [...]

Week 23 at the Pole
June 15, 2023

Hrvoje Dujmovic, IceCube/NSF It’s getting close to midwinter, when people in Antarctica, and other places, [...]

Week 22 at the Pole
June 9, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF While most of us up north are enjoying longer and brighter days [...]

Week 21 at the Pole
June 1, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF Some weeks are busier than others, and last week was one of [...]

Week 20 at the Pole
May 25, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF Bad weather last week at the Pole meant more indoor photos than [...]

Week 19 at the Pole
May 19, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF The main activity occupying IceCube’s winterovers last week was running DOM calibration [...]

Week 18 at the Pole
May 11, 2023

Hrvoje Dujmovic, IceCube/NSF IceCube winterover Hrvoje, who took the photo above, was excited to see [...]

Week 17 at the Pole
May 4, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF First up—last week featured a weather balloon launch. That’s IceCube winterover Marc [...]

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Ke Fang earns NSF CAREER award
May 4, 2023

This story was originally published by UW–Madison Physics. Congrats to Ke Fang, assistant professor of physics, WIPAC faculty member, and [...]

Week 16 at the Pole
April 27, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF Ahh, auroras! We knew they’d come…and now the first of the season [...]

Week 15 at the Pole
April 20, 2023

Hrvoje Dujmovic, IceCube/NSF Last week at the Pole, they had their Easter dinner—since the kitchen [...]

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Big discoveries, lofty goals highlight astronomy Investiture panel
April 17, 2023

This story was originally published by University Communications as part of their coverage of Chancellor Mnookin’s Investiture [...]

Week 14 at the Pole
April 13, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF It was a quiet week at the Pole, at least for IceCube’s [...]

Week 13 at the Pole
April 7, 2023

Marc Jacquart, IceCube/NSF The sun may be gone, but its light still lingers. At the [...]

IceCube search for sub-TeV neutrino emission associated with LIGO/Virgo gravitational waves
April 6, 2023

Gravitational waves (GWs) are produced by some of the most extreme astrophysical phenomena, such as [...]

Justin Vandenbroucke receives Vilas Associates award
March 30, 2023

UW–Madison physics professor Justin Vandenbroucke was selected as one of 23 awardees of the Vilas [...]

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