On November 22,2016,at the witness of Chinese President XI Jinping and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet,a Memorandum of Understanding was inked by YAN Jun,director general of the National Astronomical Observatories...On November 22,2016,at the witness of Chinese President XI Jinping and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet,a Memorandum of Understanding was inked by YAN Jun,director general of the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(NAOC)and Jorge Tabiloálvarez,President of the Catholic University of the North(UCN),to jointly establish an astronomical observation base in Chile.展开更多
Astrophysicist Gary Sanders probably won't describe the past two years as a best beginning for the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), a cutting-edge astronomical facility set to be built in Hawaii fo...Astrophysicist Gary Sanders probably won't describe the past two years as a best beginning for the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), a cutting-edge astronomical facility set to be built in Hawaii for which he has been working as the project manager since a decade ago. From the road blockage by local demonstrators at the groundbreaking to a subsequent worldwide protest, the project seems to be sliding into an abyss of endless political and religious disputes.展开更多
文摘On November 22,2016,at the witness of Chinese President XI Jinping and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet,a Memorandum of Understanding was inked by YAN Jun,director general of the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(NAOC)and Jorge Tabiloálvarez,President of the Catholic University of the North(UCN),to jointly establish an astronomical observation base in Chile.
文摘Astrophysicist Gary Sanders probably won't describe the past two years as a best beginning for the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), a cutting-edge astronomical facility set to be built in Hawaii for which he has been working as the project manager since a decade ago. From the road blockage by local demonstrators at the groundbreaking to a subsequent worldwide protest, the project seems to be sliding into an abyss of endless political and religious disputes.