Constructing the World’s Largest Optics: The Giant Magellan Telescope’s Final Mirror Fabrication Begins
Seven of the world’s largest mirrors will search the Universe for life beyond Earth The Giant Magellan Telescope begins the four-year process to fabricate and polish its seventh and final primary mirror, the last required to complete the telescope’s 368 square meter (3,961 square foot) light collec
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