NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION: Astrophysics in Antarctica explored at AAS meeting

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M2 PRESSWIRE-4 June 1998-NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION: Astrophysics in Antarctica explored at AAS meeting (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:030698 Antarctica's unique potential for astrophysics will be explored in an all-day session at the American Astronomical Society meeting June 10 in San Diego.

Conditions at the National Science Foundation's Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station -- particularly the extremely cold, dry, and highly stable atmosphere - are exceptional for observations from millimeter to infrared wavelenghts. Also, the thick ice sheet is being used for high-energy astrophysical particle detector telescopes. Over the past few years, the Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica has done extensive site testing, operated an observatory through...