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It takes absolute precision to construct Earth's largest telescope, which will peak into ...
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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 ...
Astronomers capture unprecedented view of supermassive black hole in action
Active galactic nuclei are supermassive black holes at the center of certain galaxies. As matter falls into these black holes ...
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A rare look at NASA’s next sharp-eyed space telescope
Astronomy leaders in the United States want to build two huge telescopes, the Giant Magellan Telescope and the Thirty Meter ...
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Northwestern University Joins Giant Magellan Telescope International Consortium
The Giant Magellan Telescope is the future of space exploration from Earth. Using seven of the world’s largest mirrors, the 25.4-meter telescope will produce the most detailed images ever taken ...