NEWS

Although there is still a bit of light from the sun far below the horizon, the skies are dark, and the brightest object in the sky last week was the moon.  IceCube winterover John captured a (nice!) close-up shot of the moon, while Yuya took a photo of the distant moon near the IceCube Lab.  Last week the crew gathered in the gym for the annual Yuri’s Night celebration.  And they enjoyed their fair share of popcorn—let’s face it, if your popcorn seems a bit lacking, what’s there to do but run an experiment with varying levels of water content? (Results pending.)