Canada-led quantum sensors empower new telescope to map the cosmos from the Chilean summit
Canadian researchers are contributing cryogenic quantum-sensor cameras to the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope in Chile’s Atacama Desert, a high-altitude instrument designed to map large swaths of the sky in submillimeter wavelengths to study how stars form, how galaxies move, and the nature of dark matter and dark energy. The project involves international partners and will produce terabytes of data processed by dedicated computing centers; first results are expected mid-fall, with public releases about a year later.
