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The new Giant Magellan Telescope
The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) will weight 2.4 million-pounds and may revolutionize our understanding of the universe. It uses seven giant mirrors to collect and focus the light to a point and ...
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The Largest Telescope in the World: A Giant Leap for Space Exploration
The world's largest telescope is almost as big as your house—and it’s unlocking the universe’s biggest mysteries.
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Giant Telescopes of Tomorrow
Giant Magellan Telescope The GMT is one of several large ground-based optical telescopes in development. Situated high and dry in Chile, it will have seven primary mirror segments, each over 26 ...
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It takes absolute precision to construct Earth's largest telescope, which will peak into far-off alien worlds
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White dwarf stars could host life-supporting planets, study finds
The search for habitable planets has taken a leap forward with new space telescopes probing exoplanet atmospheres for life.
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Carnegie Science Talk on Creating One of the World’s Largest Telescopes
Learn about the Giant Magellan Telescope–one of three next-generation, ground-based telescopes that are currently under ...