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Did You Know!

Arizona is home to the world’s largest solar telescope — and it can observe the Sun in incredible detail

• Located at Kitt Peak National Observatory, the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope was the world’s largest of its kind for decades.
• Its unique horizontal design allows scientists to study solar flares, sunspots, and even the Sun’s internal structure.
• Though retired from frontline research in 2017, it played a key role in our modern understanding of solar physics — all from the Arizona desert!