When darkness falls for Antarctica's long winter months, the sky becomes a spectacular canopy of stars. At one brand new base, astronomers are braving the extreme cold to build telescopes that they hope will rival space observatories. Gabrielle Walker investigates.
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Walker, G. Seeing in the dark. Nature 438, 414–415 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/438414a
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