Submitted by S. Brereton on Tue, 01/04/2025 - 08:44
The Simons Observatory (SO) has completed the installation of its Large Aperture Telescope (LAT) near the summit of Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. The telescope joins the observatory’s three Small Aperture Telescopes (SAT) at the site. Together, the telescopes will collect the most precise measurements yet of the universe’s oldest light — the cosmic microwave background — to help determine what happened just after the universe’s birth. KICC researchers are contributing to this international project.
Read the full story here
Image: M. Devlin
