World’s highest and India’s largest gamma-ray telescope to explore cosmic mysteries from Ladakh

The MACE telescope is a notable engineering success, created by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). Featuring a diameter of 21 meters and a weight of 175 tonnes, MACE is fitted with 1,424 diamond-turned mirror facets and over 1,000 photomultiplier tubes. Its cutting-edge design facilitates the detection of gamma rays from intense celestial occurrences such as pulsars and supernovae.