The Stuff Between the Stars
Four years ago, scientists set up the High Elevation Antarctic Terahertz (HEAT) telescope in the middle of the high Antarctic plateau, more than 500 miles...
Category : Space and Atmospheric Physics
Searching for Inflation
Scientists working at the South Pole are trying to detect the imprints of gravitational waves from when the universe was only a tiny fraction (about...
GRIPS’ Moment Under the Sun
As a giant helium balloon lifted the alabaster solar telescope GRIPS (Gamma-Ray Imager/Polarimeter for Solar Flares) aloft, the excitement on the ground was palpable. The...
The South Pole Telescope’s New Eyes
The telescope at the bottom of the planet spent winter calibrating and collecting data after its vision enhancement last summer. Researchers installed a new camera...
Six stunning photos from the Antarctic solar eclipse
A total solar eclipse passed over Antarctica on December 4, 2021, a rare and exciting celestial event for the southernmost continent....
Where are IceCube’s neutrinos coming from?
Thanks to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, scientists have identified several types of cosmic structures that produce neutrinos....
Neutrinos Point The Way To Cosmic Rays
Using data gathered by the National Science Foundation- (NSF) funded IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole, scientists have for the first time identified a...
The Flight of X-Calibur
Antarctica can be a double-edged sword for astronomers: conditions there are some of the best in the world for observing the heavens, but the harshness...
Plasma Patch Atlas
High above the surface of the Earth, flow giant, invisible clouds of charged gas that can degrade radio transmissions, disrupt GPS Signals and play havoc...
Stringing Together More Neutrino Detectors
The biggest experiment at the South Pole is getting a significant upgrade. Over the next three years, IceCube, the neutrino detector located at the South...
