11 Jun
World’s largest optical telescope project gets green light
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A 1.1 billion-euro project to build the world’s largest optical telescope will go ahead after the European organization overseeing it said it won backing from most of its members. The European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will directly image planets outside the solar system and those orbiting other suns in so-called “habitable zones” to perhaps answer the question of whether there is life elsewhere in the universe. It will use a mirror 39 meters in diameter that will give a more detailed and deeper view of the universe than ever before. … Not What You Needed? Check Out These Related Sites... |
