Articles & Interviews
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Chinese Antarctic Expedition: Plato and the Future of Astronomy at Dome A
28.11.2008
If Antarctica lives on in our minds as perhaps the most distant and otherworldly of all Earthly environments, than it is all the more remarkable to see how, in recent years, it has itself become a privileged vantage point from which to observe and research other worlds.
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South Pole Astronomy Dark Energy through the Telescope
04.06.2007
A telescope 10-metres in diameter, baptised the South Pole Telescope (SPT), has just been built at the South Pole. Within the activity framework of the International Polar Year 2007-2008, the SPT offers astronomers a new window into the Universe.
