CHILE: Chile seek to boost business in astronomy

The Atacama Desert in Chile, will house some years the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT, for its acronym in English), the team with the largest size ever built in the world, which includes an investment of U.S. $ 1,320 million and whose launch is planned for 2020. In this scenario, our country is evaluating what business opportunities can be opened in astronomy and how to strengthen its presence in various ongoing projects.

Chile develops the world Astronomy Center

From Monday 25 Chile receives the astrophysicist who discovered the accelerating expansion of our universe, for which he won the last Nobel specialty. After an initial debate, acknowledged the contribution sendo national astronomers.

Brian Schmidt, winner of the Nobel Prize in Astronomy 2011, accepted an invitation extended by 4 days the Millennium Nucleus for the Study of Supernovae , directed by Mario Hamuy, academic Astronomy Department (DAS) at the University of Chile.

Planet being disintegrated by the heat of its star

(NCYT) While all this evidence seems strong, additional observations are required to confirm adequately the existence of this planet and its peculiar situation. It all started when the team of Saul Rappaport, professor emeritus of physics at MIT, Boston, Massachusetts , and Jon Jenkins, a researcher attached to the Kepler Space Telescope SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, identified an unusual pattern of light from a star called KIC 12557548 in the Kepler field of view.