Astronomy
The ambitious international astrophysics project LSST's [Large Synoptic Survey Telescope] construction has been officially begun at a traditional stone-laying ceremony outside La Serena, Chile on April 14th. The telescope will start it's operations in 2022 and when it does, this ambitious project may open up the "Dark Universe" of dark matter and dark energy, the unseen substance and force respectively composing 95 percent of the universe's mass and energy.
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Astronomy
Secrets of Dark Universe may be unveiled soon
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