Posted Jan 07, 2007 at 04:46AM by Mabie A. Listed in: News Tags: Google, Chile
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get ready to just google it!The internet giant, Google, has set its visions beyond the matrix and wants to head out to space. They made a new partnership with a group of scientists to create a huge sky-scanning telescope, it is Google's quest to be able to provide the public with access to digital footage of the skies beyond.

From asteroids to supernovas to distant galaxies, the telescope under construction is geared to put these celestial bodies in view all the way from a mountaintop in Chile. With the latest technology, the telescope should be able to take a series of 15-second exposures that will allow it to cover the sky every three nights.

According to the manager of the yet-unnamed telescope company, he could already envision the day when Google would be "our sort of window to the general public." Not that they aren't already. Let's just say, that window only gets bigger.


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