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C.U. Teams Up to Build Telescope

February 5, 2007 - 1:34am
By Lisa Grossman

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The Atacama Desert in Chile is considered by scientists to be nearly as arid and lifeless as Mars. One of the driest and least hospitable places on Earth, it is chiefly populated by salt lakes, dormant volcanoes and rocks. Within the next five years, however, it will also be home to one of the most powerful astronomical facilities in the world: the Cornell-Caltech Atacama Telescope.