The Strangest Telescope on Earth: Ice Cube

What, exactly, does the South Pole's IceCube project do? The short answer is that it determines the origin of the Universe. The long answer is much more complicated. Dan Satterfield wrote a very good piece last week about the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in about as plain English as possible. Here's Dan's description ("The Strangest Telescope on Earth -- Ice Cube") and the very thorough IceCube Web site from the University of Wisconsin, as well as some photos below, to help you understand this very unique and important study that can happen nowhere else on Earth.