South Pole Telescope Scans the Skies
The telescope is located in the South Pole because the air is extremely dry there, which makes an ideal, transparent atmosphere for the telescope.
The telescope is located in the South Pole because the air is extremely dry there, which makes an ideal, transparent atmosphere for the telescope.
Physicists are using the largest telescope in Antarctica to probe the farthest edges of the universe. South Pole Telescope scientists discuss their 280-ton scope, what they hope it will show them — and what it's like to live and work on the southernmost continent.
Guests:
John Carlstrom, physics professor; director of the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago
Zak Staniszewski, Ph.D. student in physics, Case Western Reserve University
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