World's Highest Gamma Ray Telescope In Ladakh: Here's Why It Is A Big Deal

Wednesday, 9 October 2024Newsdesk

The telescope will allow scientists to study high-energy gamma rays, paving the way for deeper understanding of the universe's most energetic events

New Delhi 09 October 2024

As per news report of NDTV,Asia's largest imaging Cherenkov telescope, located at an altitude of almost 4,300 metres, was inaugurated on Wednesday at Ladakh's Hanle. The Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment (MACE) observatory, the highest of its kind of telescope in the world, has been indigenously built by the Mumbai-based Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) with support from the Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL) and other Indian industry partners.

Source - NDTV