The Last Required Piece of the World's Largest Telescope Takes Shape at UArizona
September 30, 2023
September 30, 2023
TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 30 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release:
The Richard F. Caris Mirror Laboratory will start fabrication of the seventh segment of the primary mirror necessary to complete the Giant Magellan Telescope. It marks a milestone in the search for other, potentially Earth-like planets and the exploration of the universe.
To make one of the world's largest mirrors requires a lot of glass: 80 crates of it, to be exact - each co . . .
The Richard F. Caris Mirror Laboratory will start fabrication of the seventh segment of the primary mirror necessary to complete the Giant Magellan Telescope. It marks a milestone in the search for other, potentially Earth-like planets and the exploration of the universe.
To make one of the world's largest mirrors requires a lot of glass: 80 crates of it, to be exact - each co . . .