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To gain an edge over the US space agency NASA, Chinese scientists aim to develop a next-gen space observatory to search for dark matter. The ambitious project – known as the Very Large Area gamma-ray Space Telescope, or VLAST – is currently in its early stages of development. The scientists plan to put the telescope into orbit by the decade’s end. They are, however, awaiting approval from the Chinese government, according to media reports. Researchers from Nanjing Purple Mountain Observatory, Hefei University of Science & Technology, and Lanzhou Institute of Modern Physics collaborated on the project. With the development of...
