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Table mountain telescope

Ashley ByrneJune 9, 2014

On a remote mountain top in the Chilean desert, construction is about to begin on the biggest telescope on earth - the European Extremely Large Telescope. It'll start with the removal of the mountain peak. Easy.

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Report: Ashley Byrne, Cambridge