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ALMA
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, located in Chile, is an array of 66 high-precision antennas. Operational since 2011, it studies the building blocks of stars, planetary systems, galaxies, and life itself.
SOFIA
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy is an airborne telescope aboard a modified Boeing 747SP jetliner. Operated since 2010, it observes in infrared wavelengths to study celestial magnetism, star formation, and comets.
Voyager Interstellar Mission
Though primarily spacecraft, the Voyager probes have provided valuable astronomical data from the outer planets and their moons, and are now sending back information from the edge of the solar system in the interstellar space.
Chandra X-ray Observatory
This telescope was launched in 1999 and observes X-rays from high-energy regions of the universe, such as the remnants of supernovae, clusters of galaxies, and matter around black holes.
Very Large Telescope
An array of four optical telescopes located at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. It became operational in 1998 and contributes to various areas of astronomy, from studying individual stars to the exploration of distant galaxies.
Spitzer Space Telescope
Launched in 2003 and retired in 2020, this space telescope observed the universe in infrared light. It studied comets and asteroids, stars, galaxies, and helped to find and study exoplanets.
James Webb Space Telescope
Launched in 2021, this space telescope is located at the second Lagrange point (L2) and designed to observe infrared light, helping scientists to study the early universe, the formation of stars and planets, and the atmospheres of exoplanets.
Keck Observatory
Situated atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii, this observatory consists of two 10-meter telescopes which have been in operation since 1993. They are particularly known for their high-resolution spectroscopy.
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
This space telescope, launched in 2008, observes the cosmos in gamma-ray wavelengths, providing insight into the most energetic phenomena of the universe, such as black holes, neutron stars, and supernovae.
Event Horizon Telescope
A planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration. It captured the first image of a black hole's event horizon in 2019.
FAST
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, located in China, is the world's largest filled-aperture radio telescope. Launched in 2016, its key projects include pulsar observations and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).
Hubble Space Telescope
A space-based observatory launched in 1990, currently orbiting Earth. It has made contributions such as the Hubble Deep Field, insights on the expansion rate of the universe, and detailed imagery of planets and distant galaxies.
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