A Huge New Telescope In Canada Is Tracking The History Of The Universe's Expansion

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. New telescope looks nothing like the bogus picture you chose for the video. That's ancient tech

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Hydrogen_Intensity_Mapping_Experiment

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. Totally cool!

I have a son starting a PhD program in astrophysics. His area of research is exo-planets, but I'm sending him the link.

Thanks for posting.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

3. That looks like the antenna at Parkes, NSW (Australia)

This was the "star" of the movie, "The Dish." At that time it wasn't used for deep space exploration, rather communications with the Apollo missions and other spacecraft in the solar system.