Film screening and Q&A at 7:00 p.m. at the Katherine W. and Ezekiel R. Dumke Jr. Auditorium

Using the Antarctic ice at the geographic South Pole as a detection medium, the IceCube Neutrino Telescope observes the universe in fundamentally new ways, uncovering the secrets of supermassive black holes, the most energetic processes in the cosmos, and the nature of dark matter.

On the evening of Oct. 8, the University of Utah will host a special Q&A session with two IceCube winter-overs, Kalvin Moschkau and Connor Duffy, who spent a year in Antarctica operating the instrument. The event will also feature the U.S. premiere of “Messengers,” a film about scientific endeavors at the South Pole, with director Jeffrey Zablotny in attendance.

Dan Hooper, director of the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, and Carsten Rott, Jack W. Keuffel Memorial Chair and chair of the U’s Department of Physics & Astronomy, will be available for questions.

The event will take place at 7:00 p.m. at the Katherine W. and Ezekiel R. Dumke Jr. Auditorium at the Utah Museum of Fine Art on the U’s campus. This event is free to the public and everybody is invited to attend the event. Guests should park in Lot 2 by the College of Law or visitor parking.