IceCube Neutrino Observatory
IceCube Just Spent 10 Years Searching for Dark Matter
Neutrinos are tricky little blighters that are hard to observe. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica was built to detect…
Scientists Test for Quantum Gravity
The tension between quantum mechanics and relativity has long been a central split in modern-day physics. Developing a theory of…
Scientists are Recommending IceCube Should be Eight Times Bigger
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, operated by the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-M), located at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica,…
China Chooses the Site for their TRIDENT Neutrino Detector
China is building a new neutrino detector named TRIDENT, the Tropical Deep-sea Neutrino Telescope. They're building it in the South…
IceCube-Gen2: 8 Cubic Kilometers of Ice, 5 Times the Sensitivity
The IceCube Neutrino Detector is an observatory unlike any other. Using sensors embedded inside a square kilometer chuck of Antarctic…
Astronomers Search for Dark Matter Annihilation at the Center of the Earth
If dark matter is made of heavy particles, they could become captured by the gravitational field of massive objects like…
IceCube Senses Neutrinos Streaming From an Active Galaxy 47 Million Light-Years Away
Researchers using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory have detected neutrinos emanating from the energetic core of an active galaxy millions of…
Searching for Dark Matter Inside the Earth
Dark matter remains one of the greatest mysteries in science. Despite decades of astronomical evidence for its existence, no one…
The Earth Does Stop the Occasional Neutrino
A new study by the IceCube collaboration has shown that Earth stops the occasional neutrino, thus confirming a prediction made…
Neutrino Detection Could Help Paint an Entirely New Picture of the Universe
The IceCube neutrino observatory buried at the South Pole is one cool telescope. It has detected extremely high-energy neutrinos, which…