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Giant Magellan Telescope project casts 7th and final mirror (photos)
Space via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Giant Magellan Telescope project just cast its seventh and final primary mirror segment, a huge...
The future is bright for astronomy, and very expensive (op-ed)
Space via Yahoo News· 1 week agoA giant domed building with a open ceiling sits atop a sandy hill in a desert landscape, with a road...
Rockford company to help giant telescope reach for the stars
Rockford Register Star via Yahoo News· 2 years agoROCKFORD — What is billed as North America’s newest, largest and most advanced five axis mill...
Opinion: America's 'big glass' dominance hangs on the fate of two powerful new telescopes
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMore than 100 years ago, astronomer George Ellery Hale brought our two Pasadena institutions together to build what was then the largest optical telescope in the world. The Mt. Wilson Observatory ...
Home of the world's most powerful telescopes joins the fight against light pollution
Space via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe milky way arched over a dark landscape. New standards in the fight against light pollution are...
This South American Country Is Often Called the 'Astronomy Capital of the World' — Here's Where to...
Travel+Leisure via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFor dedicated stargazers, Chile's Atacama Desert is the place to be. Alfredo Santamaria/500px/Getty...
Secrets of the early universe are hidden in this chill galaxy cluster
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThis composite image contains X-rays from Chandra (blue), which helped identify SPT2215 along with...
Which telescope will be 1st to find alien life? Scientists have some ideas
Space via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA dark planet is seen against the background of space. A small star seems to be peeking out from...
The Chandra X-ray spacecraft may soon go dark, threatening a great deal of astronomy
Space via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA long spacecraft in space. Last week, an ominous letter was published to the Chandra X-ray...
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 111 —The Big Glass Wars
Space via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoOn Episode 111 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with John Mulchaey, Director of the...