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Giant New Telescope Set to Break Ground in Chile Later This Year
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03.06.2015
The world's soon-to-be largest optical telescope is coming together.
The Giant Magellan Telescope is a tool designed to peer into the atmospheres of alien planets and see the first galaxies that formed in the early universe. It will start being built on a mountain in northern Chile later this year.
The telescope will be the first in a new generation instruments that can look at the universe more deeply than ever before.
Astronomer Patrick McCarthy, director at the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization, told Mashable in an interview."We build it to discover new things, to open new windows,"
The Giant Magellan Telescope is a tool designed to peer into the atmospheres of alien planets and see the first galaxies that formed in the early universe. It will start being built on a mountain in northern Chile later this year.
The telescope will be the first in a new generation instruments that can look at the universe more deeply than ever before.
Astronomer Patrick McCarthy, director at the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization, told Mashable in an interview."We build it to discover new things, to open new windows,"
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