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The World's Biggest Telescope

Posted December 17, 2007 4:02 PM

From PopSci.com:

About half the size of a football field and 21 stories tall, the largest optical telescope ever constructed will use almost 1,000 mirrors to hunt for exoplanets—and maybe even unlock the secrets of spacetime.

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12/18/2007 4:53 AM

I love the way these things work! 5000 actuators adjusting 1000 times a second is just too impressive.

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