Joe Spins the Globe | The South Pole Telescope - Studying the Big Bang at the bottom of the world! @JoeSpinstheGlobe | Uploaded February 2022 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
Join Dr. Sasha Rahlin as she takes you through one of astronomy's modern marvels: The South Pole Telescope. Located at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica, this marvel of engineering is used to peer deep into the cosmos (and backward in time) to study the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). Dr. Rahlin briefly explains what the CMB is, how the telescope studies it, and gives an exclusive look inside the telescope's inner workings.

The Telescope is supported by grant funding from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy.

0:50 - What is the telescope looking at?
2:01 - How does the telescope work?
2:38 - What if you need to check/fix something?
3:22 - Inside the receiver cabin
3:52 - Why are cryogenics are needed?
4:22 - How does the telescope rotate?
4:56 - The Event Horizon Telescope
5:26 - Upstairs, atomic clock, and seeya later!


Watch my interview with Sasha! - youtu.be/Zo_oMa0CAzc

Watch make the walk to the Dark Sector from the South Pole Station! - youtu.be/TiHpQ2q9ZcI

See my visit to the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Paranal, Chile! -
youtu.be/bZSimxV8tWY