The world’s biggest optical telescope will explore the dark reaches of the universe

And seek evidence of alien life. 🔭 engineering

Remember the Extremely Large Telescope ? It's a revolutionary space telescope project that could enable us to study Earth-sized planets around in star systems, the first galaxies in the universe, supermassive black holes, and to find water and organic molecules in outer space once it's completed.

“We always talk about telescopes in terms of the size of their main mirror, and ours is 39 meters, which makes it five times, in diameter, bigger than the present biggest telescopes that we run,” ELT instrument manager Suzanne RamsayThe dimensions of the telescope are breathtaking: When compared, it's as big as the Coliseum in Rome, Italy, noted Michele Cirasuolo, the ELT program scientist while likening the project to building a huge cathedral but “that huge cathedral has to move, and...

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