High-Powered Telescope Arrives In Chilean Peak, Set To Unveil Cosmic History

The recent installation of the LSST Camera garnered good media

Thursday, April 3, 2025 The recent installation of the LSST Camera garnered good media coverage in Chile, including stories in national newspapers El Mercurio and Las Últimas Noticias (LUN), as well as national TV stations (MEGA) and local TV stations (TVN Red Coquimbo).

The construction of the Fred Young submillimeter telescope begins at its location in the Chilean Atacama Desert. The telescope will be commissioned in April 2026. It will look back to the Big Bang and reveal new details about the formation of stars and galaxies. After a six-week sea trip, a week waiting in front of the Chilean port of Angamos and [...] The post New high-performance telescope reaches Chilean summit first appeared on latinapress N…

The first components of the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) have traveled from Europe to Chile, where they will be reassembled and installed at an altitude of 5,600 meters. It is expected to see first light in April 2026. The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope photographed in Xanten, Germany, before being dismantled and placed on a ship bound for Chile. Image: Cornell University. The main sections of the Fred Young Submillimeter Telesc…

High-Powered Telescope Arrives In Chilean Peak, Set To Unveil Cosmic History

The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope arrives in Chile, poised to become the most advanced telescope for mapping star and galaxy formation across cosmic history, from the universe's earliest days through gravitational waves and interstellar ecosystems.