South Pole Telescope

South Pole Telescope - Aurora

Leftover Big Bang light helps calculate how massive faraway galaxies are

Phoenix galaxy cluster

Astronomers use giant galaxy cluster as X-ray magnifying lens

South Pole Telescope

Ambitious project to map the Big Bang’s afterglow earns NSF funding

First image of supermassive black hole

UChicago scientists help capture first image of a black hole

South Pole Telescope

Lecture series to examine the cosmos and how telescopes are made

South Pole Telescope

Next-gen camera for South Pole Telescope takes data on early universe

Virtual Earth-sized telescope aims to capture first image of a black hole

South Pole’s next generation of discovery


UChicago

Earth-sized telescope expands to the South Pole to see black holes in detail

Swirls in remnants of Big Bang may hold clues to universe’s infancy