South Pole Telescope /channels/taxonomy/term/12715/all en ALMA rewrites history of Universe's stellar baby boom /channels/news/alma-rewrites-history-universes-stellar-baby-boom-225393 <p><b>Observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) show that the most vigorous bursts of star birth in the cosmos took place much earlier than previously thought. The results are published in a set of papers to appear in the journal Nature and in the Astrophysical Journal. The research is the most recent example of the discoveries coming from the new international ALMA observatory, which celebrates its inauguration today.<br /> Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:08:39 +0000 webfull 95145 at /channels Polarization Detected in Big Bang's Echo /channels/news/polarization-detected-big-bangs-echo-229251 Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:37:14 +0000 webfull 97423 at /channels Tales from the South Pole /channels/news/tales-south-pole-264552 <p>Æ»¹ûÒùÔº astrophysicist <a href="http://www.astro.physics.mcgill.ca/group.php?gid=1008">Matt Dobbs</a> is spending a month at the South Pole helping to install a new camera in a huge telescope designed to help untangle mysteries of the universe by examining the cosmic microwave background -- the light left over from the Big Bang.</p> Wed, 30 Nov 2016 17:30:43 +0000 webfull 123450 at /channels