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UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory built COSI, a space telescope to measure exploded stars

UC Berkeley says COSI, its newest space telescope, was built at its Space Sciences Laboratory and is bound for space to measure exploded stars.

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Why it matters: UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory has added COSI, a space telescope intended to measure exploded stars, to the many instruments it has built.

UC Berkeley describes COSI as its newest space telescope and says it was built at the university's Space Sciences Laboratory.

According to Berkeley News, COSI is one of many instruments the Space Sciences Laboratory has built.

The university says the telescope is bound for space, where it is intended to measure exploded stars.

Editor’s view

Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor

For UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory, COSI is a new space telescope among the many instruments it has built, and the university says it is headed to space to measure exploded stars.

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