The Future Of Astronomy:

Throughout history, there have been four things that have determined just how much information we can glean about the Universe through astronomy:

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CrazyNeutrino said:

The Future Of Astronomy:

Throughout history, there have been four things that have determined just how much information we can glean about the Universe through astronomy:

more…

> There are currently three major projects that are competing to be first: the Thirty-Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea, the (39 meter) European Extremely Large Telescope in Chile, and the (25 meter) Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), also in Chile. These represent the next giant leap forward in ground based astronomy, and the Giant Magellan Telescope is probably going to be first, having broken ground at the end of last year and with early operations planned to begin in just 2021, and becoming fully operational by 2025.

Yep.

The Giant Magellan Telescope has another point in its favour, some of the money for the telescope has come from Australia, which at last will give Australian astronomers direct access to one of the largest, if not the largest, ground-based optical telescopes.