South Pole Telescope in Antarctica. (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

South Pole Telescope in Antarctica.

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An NSF-funded 10-meter South Pole Telescope in Antarctica provides new support for the most widely accepted explanation of dark energy, the source of the mysterious force that is responsible for the accelerating expansion of the universe.

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Daniel Luong-Van

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