Detector Deep Dives — Part 2: IceCube, instrumented Antarctic ice
How IceCube turned a cubic kilometer of glacial ice into the world's most sensitive high-energy neutrino telescope.
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Neutrinos 101 — Part 4: Neutrinos from everywhere
Part 4 of a six-part beginner's guide. The Sun, supernovae, cosmic rays, reactors, the Earth's interior, and the Big Bang — every neutrino source that bathes us continuously.
Bert and Ernie: the 2013 IceCube events that opened the high-energy universe
In April 2013, the IceCube collaboration announced two extraordinarily energetic neutrinos, nicknamed after Sesame Street characters. They were the first cosmic neutrinos ever caught — and the start of high-energy neutrino astronomy.