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We are increasing the coordination of the South Pole CMB program through the formation of a South Pole Observatory (SPO)!

Joined February 2020
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SPT-3G reports their first discovery of 15 astrophysical transient events! Both short-duration active-chromosphere stars, that flare up to 1 Jy over minutes to hours, and a population of long-duration (~2-3 weeks) events of unknown extragalactic origin. arxiv.org/abs/2103.06166
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Two days until official #sunset at the South Pole! SPT is looking great and its managed to be the most successful Austral summer of science observations yet! Thanks to the summer/winter over team of Sasha, Matt, Geoff, and Dave! #southpole #Antarctica
Picture of the team photo from October 2019 at the first South Pole Observatory group meeting at UIUC! #goteam #southpole #Antarctica