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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.

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

    Call me when they find Megatron.

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  3. 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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