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Mountain blasted to build world’s largest space telescope
Saturday, June 21, 2014 8:53
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With all that power, the huge telescope will be able to see objects formed at the beginning of the universe, help researchers explore mysteries like dark matter, and give scientists a good look at extrasolar planets that could be capable of sustaining life, Wired reports.
“This telescope will be so powerful that it will collect enough light to look to the observable limit of the Universe — soon after the Big Bang, when the first stars and galaxies formed,” a project scientist tells the BBC. “We’ll be able to see when the universe switched on.”
(The much older and smaller Hubble telescope, meanwhile, is still up there — and has provided a stunning image of 10,000 galaxies of all shapes, sizes, and ages.)
Source: http://www.ascensionearth2012.org/2014/06/mountain-blasted-to-build-worlds.html
