Here’s a step ahead in the field where Scientists hope to see into the far-distant past of the universe as the Mexicans threw the switch-on Wednesday to a massive telescope atop Mexico’s 5th-highest mountain that detects electromagnetic radiation known as millimeter waves emitted 13 billion years ago when stars first burst into existence.
The Mexican huge telescope will uncover clues about cosmic origins and evolution. It will allow Astronomers to peer back, some 13 billion years to the formation of our universe, about the formation and evolution of stars and galaxies.
The (LMT) telescope’s antenna has a diameter of 50m (164ft) and is the largest of its kind in the world which receives electromagnetic radiation at wavelengths of 1 to 3 millimeters, known as millimeter waves, emitted when our universe first burst into existence. The problem free Mexican site was chosen because of its height, mild climate and low humidity. The only problem the LMT has to contend with are the very high winds buffeting the mountain but it was designed to withstand wind speeds of up to 200 kilometers (124 miles) per hour.
The job accomplished by Mexico has a fundamental importance globally, that no doubt puts Mexico in the scientific and investigative front line in this field, just as the country is in the vanguard on other scientific fronts.
Via: BBC
