Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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| Effelsberg |
The location 40 kilometres 25 miles south-west of Bonn, Germany, of the observatory of the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie. The radio telescope located there is a 100-metre 330-foot steerable dish, the largest of its type in the world.
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