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The Atlast
♤ The Atlast or Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope ,is the most powerful telescope in the world .
♤ It will be able to analyse atmospheres-methane , ozone, oxygen and other gases of planets and solar systems up to 30 light years away which suggest the presence of life.
♤ To be able to analyse these planets, the telescope will have to be the largest of its kind ever to be built and up to four times bigger than the 44-feet Hubble Space Telescope(HST).
♤ If launched, ATLAST would be a replacement and successor for the HST