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IceCube Telescope Takes Shape Below Antarctic Ice

Posted by timothy on from the hard-mile-to-walk dept.

PabloSandoval48 writes "The world's largest telescope, currently under construction more than a mile beneath the Antarctic ice, is on schedule to be completed next year, according to a researcher at the University of Wisconsin, the lead institution for a scientific project called IceCube."

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  1. N.W.A. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This IceCube project is part of a secret plan by the New World Alliance to take over current infrastructure.

    1. Re:N.W.A. by elrous0 · · Score: 3, Funny

      You are now about to witness the strength of scientific knowledge...

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  2. But... by jellomizer · · Score: 3, Funny

    We don't care about the Stars on the Southern hemisphere. Those are boring. The Northern Hemisphere stars are where its at.

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  3. Who cares? by Captain+Splendid · · Score: 4, Funny

    Call me when they find Megatron.

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    1. Re:Who cares? by CarpetShark · · Score: 3, Funny

      Or some sort of ancient chair that shoots missiles into space.

  4. Mythbusters-style by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did anybody else imagine a huge lense made of ice like they made in Mythbusters to light a fire?

  5. so The chair is really still there? by Joe+The+Dragon · · Score: 3, Funny

    so The chair is really still there?

  6. Re:Interesting... by Intron · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess this is a bad time to mention the Giant Strobe Light Project that we're doing in the Antartic ice sheet.

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