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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Science
Charis McGowan in Cerro Pachón

State-of-the-art telescope in Chile to offer best view yet of universe

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‘It’s a very special telescope’: the Vera C Rubin Observatory on a barren mountaintop in the arid Chilean desert region of Coquimbo. Photograph: RubinObs/NSF/Aura/H Stockebrand

After nine years of construction, a state-of-the-art telescope connected to the world’s largest camera is set to change our understanding of astronomy.

Perched on top of a barren mountaintop in the arid Chilean desert region of Coquimbo, the Vera C Rubin Observatory looks out of this world, quite literally.

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