India’s largest and the world’s highest gamma-ray telescope is set to go live later this year, aiming to provide a new window into distant stars and galaxies in the universe. From a report: The Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment Telescope (MACE) in Hanle, Ladakh, is placed at an altitude of 4,300 metres above sea level. It is the world’s second-largest, ground-based gamma-ray…
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People have built a glacier in the desert using a huge tower of ice
An artificial glacier has been built by local people in the Himalayan desert of Ladakh to provide water Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532661-600-people-have-built-a-glacier-in-the-desert-using-a-huge-tower-of-ice/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…