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Archived Webcasts
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South Pole Telescope
Date: 11/25/2006
Running Time: 00:34:45
After years of preparation, scientists from the University of Chicago are making the long journey to the South Pole to begin construction on the new 10-meter telescope. Join us as we talk to scientists at the pole about their long journey, learn about the pre-building of the telescope in Texas last summer; and find out what challenges they face in constructing a major scientific instrument in freezing conditions.
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South Pole Telescope
Date: 12/2/2006
Running Time: 00:28:45
After one week at the South Pole, scientists Tom Crawford and Jeff McMahon will take us on a virtual tour of the South Pole Station. They will discuss working in the polar environment, what progress they have made, and their goals for the week.
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South Pole Telescope
Date: 12/9/2006
Running Time: 00:28:51
Tom Crawford and Jeff McMahon will show us a day in the life of a South Pole scientist. Then they’ll talk about what the new telescope will be searching for: dark matter, galaxy clusters, and evidence of the universe expanding.
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South Pole Telescope
Date: 12/29/2006
Running Time: 00:37:45
Find out what Christmas is like at the South Pole and learn about the Race Around the World. As the new telescope reaches completion, the scientists discuss the placing of the reflector and the installation of the new receiver (expected to arrive at the Pole in just a few days).
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Live From the South Pole: Ice Cube
Date: 1/6/2007
Running Time: 00:35:47
Join us as we talk to South Pole scientists about Ice Cube: a major new telescope being built deep below the surface to detect ghostly neutrino particles. The neutrino telescope will use thousands of detectors spread over a square kilometer of ice below the South Pole to study cosmological mysteries such as black holes, gamma ray bursts, and the remnants of supernova explosions.
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The Ice Cube Story
Date: 1/6/2007
Running Time: 00:04:34
Special Added Video!
Check out this amazing footage of how scientists drop detectors miles into the ice to search for elusive neutrinos.
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South Pole Telescope
Date: 1/13/2007
Running Time: 00:15:00
Mary Miller chats with scientists at the South Pole about the nearly-completed telescope. The satellite connection to the pole deteriorated quickly, and we hope to repeat this program in the near future. Stay tuned for updates!
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First Light from the new South Pole Telescope!
Date: 3/30/2007
Running Time: 00:41:16
The South Pole Telescope captured its first light on Feb. 16, 2007! Join Exploratorium host Mary Miller as she talks with scientists at the South Pole and finds out more about life at the Pole. We will get updates on the new South Pole telescope, which is currently being calibrated to begin data collection, and the IceCube neutrino telescope.
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Meet the Scientists
The South Pole Telescope will be pieced together by a team of two dozen scientists, engineers, and technicians in record time. In a special series of blogs and video updates, direct from the South Pole, three cosmologists from the University of Chicago will take us along on their race to finish the telescope before the harsh Antarctic winter.
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Jeff McMahon |
| The beauty of the universe is just the beginning of what can be learned from those incredible images from space. |
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Tom Crawford |
| The universe is an understandable place . . . with a lot of study. |
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Kathryn Miknaitis |
| Decoding how the universe has evolved takes a philosophical approach...and a lot of creativity. |
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