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The highest observatory in the world just opened in Chile
The telescope will study galactic origins starting in 2025.
Sitting 18,500 feet high on Mount Chajnantor in the Atacama Desert in Chile, the 6.5-meter optical-infrared TAO telescope is now the highest in the world. The University of Tokyo writes that such terrestrial observatories are capable of taking higher-resolution shots of space, thanks to their larger apertures, than their space-based counterparts. As Phys.org notes, even the researchers working inside will need to take precautions to stay healthy in the face of altitude sickness.
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