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Chile Will Host the Largest Gamma Ray Observatory in the World - La Prensa De Lara

Chile will host the world’s largest and most powerful gamma-ray observatory in the world. Its construction began this Wednesday in Paranal, Chile, according to the European Southern Observatory (ESO). The CTAO, the observatory for the Cherenkov telescope set, will provide new perspectives on the high-energy universe and will also be the first gamma-ray observatory built in Chile, according to a statement from the agency based in Garching, German…
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Construction has begun on the CTAO, which will be the world's largest and most powerful gamma-ray observatory. The first telescopes should be deployed by the end of 2026. Illustration of the three types of telescopes planned for installation at Paranal, at the CTAO. Credit: ESO. Gamma rays are very high-energy electromagnetic radiation emitted by the hottest and most extreme objects in the universe: supermassive black holes, supernovae, and even…

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Chile will host the world’s largest and most powerful gamma-ray observatory in the world. Its construction began this Wednesday in Paranal, Chile, according to the European Southern Observatory (ESO). The CTAO, the observatory for the Cherenkov telescope set, will provide new perspectives on the high-energy universe and will also be the first gamma-ray observatory built in Chile, according to a statement from the agency based in Garching, German…

In Paranal began the construction of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO), the first gamma ray observatory in Chile and the largest and most powerful in the world. The European Southern Observatory (ESO), a founding partner of this international project, explained that the beginning of the work, led by a consortium of Chilean companies, pave the way for the first telescopes to be deployed before the end of 2026. The first stone cerem…

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Timeline broke the news in on Thursday, December 18, 2025.
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