Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Megellan Sails Again

Well not really, but they are working hard to bring together the Great Megellan Telescope whose mirrors, some of which are 20 tons, will allow us to see deeper into the cosmos than ever before. The telescope, once complete, will reside in Chili and employ seven giant mirrors and dozens of smaller ones to mitigate the blurring affect of the atmosphere.

It will be several years before its complete.

Read on.

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