Astronomy in Chile and Universidad de Concepción. CATA develops nine different areas: 6 focused in scientific research, 3 focused on technology advances, and 1 on Education & Outreach (to students, teachers and general public). This Center its mainly dedicated to supernovae research, it gathers astronomers from: Universidad de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Universidad Andrés Bello. Further information on Extremely large telescope. In Chile there are more than 100 astronomers, some are: Astronomy in Chile Chile can be considered astronomy's world capital. In 2011, Chile was home to 42% of the world's astronomical infrastructure consisting mostly of telescopes, and by 2020
Recognition of same-sex unions in Chile "Acuerdo de Vida en Pareja" ("Life Partnership Agreement"). This would give unmarried partners many of the rights now enjoyed only by married couples, such as inheritance and certain social welfare and health care benefits. Under Piñera's legislation, same-sex couples would be able to register their civil partnership with a notary. On 10 April 2013, the "Acuerdo de Vida en Pareja" law creating civil unions in Chile was approved by the Senate's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, on a 4-1 vote. On 7 January 2014, the Senate voted 28–6 in favor of the law, but the bill was not voted on