{"676667":{"#nid":"676667","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Astronomers Really Like the South Pole, but Why?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDespite the fact that Antarctica is extraordinarily difficult to get to, astronomers love it and have chosen it as the location for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/icecube.wisc.edu\/\u0022\u003EIceCube Neutrino Observatory.\u003C\/a\u003E What could possibly make such a remote location so desirable for space science that it\u2019s worth all that trouble?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn this \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/science\/astronomy-south-pole\/\u0022\u003Earticle,\u003C\/a\u003E scientists including Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/brandon-pries\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EBrandon Pries\u003C\/a\u003E from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E explain why the South Pole is such a hotspot for astronomers. The answer? At the South Pole, you can best view neutrons and neutrinos in space.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPries compares the benefits of the South Pole to the North Pole. \u201cThe North Pole is more difficult because ice coverage there fluctuates,\u201d explains Pries. \u201cThere is a foundation of bedrock underneath Antarctica that serves as a solid base for the IceCube instruments.\u201d This bedrock is also why Antarctica is home to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pole.uchicago.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESouth Pole Telescope\u003C\/a\u003E, a radio observatory that helped take the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/event-horizon-black-hole-image\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Efirst ever photo of a black hole\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDespite the fact that Antarctica is extraordinarily difficult to get to, astronomers love it and have chosen it as the location for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/icecube.wisc.edu\/\u0022\u003EIceCube Neutrino Observatory.\u003C\/a\u003E What could possibly make such a remote location so desirable for space science that it\u2019s worth all that trouble?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn this \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/science\/astronomy-south-pole\/\u0022\u003Earticle,\u003C\/a\u003E scientists including Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/brandon-pries\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EBrandon Pries\u003C\/a\u003E from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E explain why the South Pole is such a hotspot for astronomers. The answer? At the South Pole, you can best view neutrons and neutrinos in space.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPries compares the benefits of the South Pole to the North Pole. \u201cThe North Pole is more difficult because ice coverage there fluctuates,\u201d explains Pries. \u201cThere is a foundation of bedrock underneath Antarctica that serves as a solid base for the IceCube instruments.\u201d This bedrock is also why Antarctica is home to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pole.uchicago.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESouth Pole Telescope\u003C\/a\u003E, a radio observatory that helped take the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/event-horizon-black-hole-image\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Efirst ever photo of a black hole\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36607","created_gmt":"2024-09-09 20:48:32","changed_gmt":"2024-09-09 20:48:32","author":"ls67","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Popular Science ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/science\/astronomy-south-pole\/","dateline":{"date":"2024-09-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-09-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"178529","name":"IceCube Neutrino Observatory"},{"id":"30751","name":"neutrino"},{"id":"11442","name":"neutrinos"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}