IceCube, the Antarctic neutrino detector that in July of 2018 helped unravel one of the oldest riddles in physics and astronomy — the origin of high-energy neutrinos and cosmic rays — is getting an upgrade.
Last week, IceCube’s two new winterovers, Moreno and Celas, had their first experience doing snow measurements at all the IceCube surface stations.
Last week, two new incoming IceCube winterovers arrived at the Pole and were greeted by the outgoing winterovers, who will train them on IceCube before they leave and make their way back home.
WIPAC is back with our IceCube display at the Holiday Fantasy in Lights event in Madison, WI!
WIPAC's Paolo Desiati is collaborating with UW astronomy professor Elena D’Onghia and Kieran Furlong, a senior fellow at UW–Madison’s COWS thinktank, to develop a magnetic shield that will divert space and cosmic ray radiation away from a volume.
The IceCube detector may have been quiet, but there was plenty of other activity last week at the Pole.
