Why the world needs all three 30-meter class telescopes
If you want to view the Universe in way that take us past our current frontiers, you only have a few options. You can build a larger telescope: with greater surface area to collect light and a larger diameter to increase your resolution. You can polish your mirror’s surface to be more reflective and smoother: down to nanometer-scale precision. You can keep it clean and pristine: reducing your…
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