When Mario Hamuy finished his university degree in Chile in 1982, he was the only one in the country interested in pursuing graduate studies in astronomy. Now, more than 25 Chilean students join such programmes each year and Hamuy directs the Millennium Institute of Astrophysics in Santiago, home to 95 students and faculty members. During the course of Hamuy s career, Chile has emerged as a major player in the world of international astronomy, in no small part because of the extraordinary collection of telescopes housed in the country's highlands.
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