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Canadian-developed technology helps new telescope probe mysteries of the cosmos | CBC News
The work of researchers from across Canada is at the heart of a massive new telescope that could help unlock some of the biggest mysteries of the universe from its perch at one of the highest elevations in the world.
“It’s one of those rare moments when you, in some sense, get to open up a new window on the universe,” Scott Chapman, Killam professor in astrophysics at Halifax’s Dalhousie University and a member of the Canadian project team, said in an interview.
About 5,600 metres above sea level — higher than the Mount Everest base camp — on a peak in Chile’s bone-dry Atacama Desert, the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope is at such a high altitude that visitors need oxygen tanks.
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