Advanced Telescope to 'Map Out the Skies' Moves Forward

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PASADENA - A $100 million telescope planned for the Chilean high desert has moved a big step closer to reality with the formation of an international consortium to oversee its construction.

The Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope would allow astronomers to peer deep into the universe's childhood to observe the birth of the first galaxies and to study star-forming regions in galaxies, including our own.

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Advanced Telescope to 'Map Out the Skies' Moves Forward

"It's very exciting because it's always hard to get a new project initiated," said Caltech astronomer Tom Phillips. ...

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