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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| Paranal Observatory |
The site in Chile of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope VLT. It is situated in the Atacama desert, 120 km 75 miles south of Antofagasta, at an altitude of 2,632 metres 8,500 feet.
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