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NASA wants to build the biggest telescope ever - on the moon

NASA scientists have proposed something extraordinary: building the largest telescope ever made on the far side of the Moon.
IEEE Spectrum on MSN

The quest to build a radio telescope that can hear the cosmic dark ages

The catch: It will have to be on the moon ...
Ars Technica

The race to build a super-large ground telescope is likely down to two competitors

I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that time was “running out” in the race to build the next great optical telescope ...
Yahoo

NASA plans to build a giant radio telescope on the 'dark side' of the moon. Here's why.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) is currently in the planning phase but could soon become ...
KTAR News

Q&A: The ongoing struggle to build a giant Hawaii telescope

HONOLULU (AP) — For months, protesters have held up construction of a $1.4 billion telescope atop a mountain on the Big Island of Hawaii. The state imposed emergency rules making it challenging for ...
SpaceNews

Space telescopes at light speed

Light is the fastest phenomenon in the universe, clocking in at just under 300,000 kilometers per second. The telescopes that observe that light, from radio waves to gamma rays, are built at rather ...
The Gazette

University of Iowa grad student lands NASA grant to build smaller X-ray telescope for deep-space navigation

University of Iowa graduate research assistant Jacob Payne uses nitrogen to dry off a mirror at Van Allen Hall in Iowa City on Friday. Payne — with guidance from UI Physics and Astronomy Associate ...