May 7, 1999
U. of Florida Astronomers Use Technology in Race to Discover Other Solar Systems
At an hour when most of the world is fast asleep, Charles M. Telesco, an astronomy professor at the University of Florida, is anxiously waiting on the summit of this remote Chilean mountain for the start of another night of emotional ups and downs.
He and his team of graduate students have come to this U.S.-operated facility in the Andes mountains, a two-hour drive along a mostly dirt road from the coastal town of La Serena, to spend
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