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Climactic Success

By Kathryn Schaffer Miknaitis · February 7, 2008 · comments No comments yet
Everyone here is breathing a huge sigh of relief. Last night was the first night that our new set of detectors were cold enough to be operated. Unlike the last few test runs, for this… {Read More »}


Our New Sunroof

By Kathryn Schaffer Miknaitis · January 5, 2008 · comments No comments yet
It's been a busy couple of weeks out at the telescope. SPT postdoc Brad Benson and graduate students Martin Lueker and Joaquin Vieira installed a new set of detectors into the SPT "receiver," which is… {Read More »}


Dirt and Decay in the Clean Land of Ice

By Kathryn Schaffer Miknaitis · December 11, 2007 · comments No comments yet
The South Pole is one of the cleanest places I have ever been. Outside, the environment is absolutely pristine and essentially unchanging. There is no soil, no solid ground, no vegetation or animal life for… {Read More »}