Financiers have given the green light for construction to begin on the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), which will become the world’s largest—and most accurate—tower telescope upon completion.
Equipped with 7 mirrors each 27 feet in diameter, the GMT will be able to capture images from distant galaxies that are 10 times sharper than those produced by the iconic Hubble Space Telescope—all done without even leaving the planet. The GMT is located on a mountain in northern Chile.
“The GMT will herald the beginning of a new era in astronomy. It will reveal the first objects to emit light in the universe, explore the mysteries of dark energy and dark matter, and identify potentially habitable planets in the Earth’s galactic neighborhood,” Wendy Freedman, professor of Astronomy at the University of Chicago, said in a statement on June 3.
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