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Initial results from South Pole Telescope SPT-3G camera hint at future insights about our universe South Pole Telescope

Initial results from South Pole Telescope SPT-3G camera hint at future insights about our universe

NSF awards up to $21.4M for design of next-gen telescopes to capture earliest moments of universe South Pole station

NSF awards up to $21.4M for design of next-gen telescopes to capture earliest moments of universe

Erik Shirokoff, astronomer who built instruments to map the universe, 1979-2023 Formal portrait of Shirokoff smiling at camera in a suit

Erik Shirokoff, astronomer who built instruments to map the universe, 1979-2023

Scientists release newly accurate map of all the matter in the universe Milky Way galaxy

Scientists release newly accurate map of all the matter in the universe

The quest to take a picture of the black hole at the center of our own galaxy Milky Way

The quest to take a picture of the black hole at the center of our own galaxy

Two South Pole Telescope scientists tell what it’s like to work at the bottom of the Earth South Pole Telescope at night

Two South Pole Telescope scientists tell what it’s like to work at the bottom of the Earth

Priorities for next 10 years of astronomy include exoplanets, early days of universe Star formation

Priorities for next 10 years of astronomy include exoplanets, early days of universe

Event Horizon Telescope takes pioneering image of massive jet spewing from black hole image of Centaurus A galaxy and a box zoomed in to show the faint image taken by the EHT of a jet coming from the center

Event Horizon Telescope takes pioneering image of massive jet spewing from black hole

New analysis of black hole reveals a wobbling shadow Black Hole

New analysis of black hole reveals a wobbling shadow

UChicago to partner with Berkeley Lab to build next-gen cosmic microwave background experiment Simons Observatory at the Atacama Desert in Chile

UChicago to partner with Berkeley Lab to build next-gen cosmic microwave background experiment