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The Japanese University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory, or TAO, which was first conceptualized 26 years ago to study the evolution of, is perched on top of a tall mountain in the Chilean Andes at 5,640 meters above sea level. The facility's altitude surpasses even theTAO is located on the summit of Atacama's Cerro Chajnantor mountain, whose name means"place of departure" in the now-extinct Kunza language of the indigenous Likan Antai community.
TAO's 6.5-meter telescope consists of two science instruments designed to observe the universe in infrared, which is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength longer than visible light but shorter than microwaves. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!, will image galaxies from the very early universe to understand how they coalesced out of pristine dust and gas, a process whose specifics remain murky despite decades of research.
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