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MACE Project
October 14 , 2024
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- India inaugurated Asia's largest imaging Cherenkov telescope at Ladakh's Hanle.
- It is situated at an altitude of almost 4,300 metres.
- The Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment (MACE) observatory is also the world's highest telescope of its kind.
- Gamma rays do not reach Earth's surface because the atmosphere absorbs them.
- However, they create high-energy particles that emit Cherenkov radiation, similar to a sonic boom, as they travel faster than light through the atmosphere.
- MACE's mirrors and cameras capture this radiation, which is then traced back to its cosmic source.
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