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Giant Magellan Telescope: Construction of Astronomical Facility in Chile Begins
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Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3225 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Hoping to find life on other planets, astronomers start on giant Chile telescope Chilean President Michelle Bachelet put hammer to stone on an Andean mountaintop on Wednesday evening to mark the start of construction for one of the world's most advanced telescopes, an instrument that may help shed light on the possibility of life on distant planets. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
That Atacama desert is the place to be :~). I just wish it didn't take so long to build those things. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
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