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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