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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| La Silla Observatory |
The observatory of the European Southern Observatory, located in the southern part of the Atacama desert, about 600 kilometres 370 miles north of Santiago de Chile, at an altitude of 2,400 metres 7,900 feet. The instruments include a 3.6-metre 142-inch telescope, the 3.5-metre 138-inch New Technology Telescope and the 15-metre 50-foot Swedish/ESO Submillimetre Telescope.
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