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Sunday, December 7, 2014

Telescope so big it could spot signs of alien life gets go-ahead: European Space Agency to begin building $1bn Extremely Large Telescope in Chilean desert

Telescope so big it could spot signs of alien life gets go-ahead: European Space Agency to begin building $1bn Extremely Large Telescope in Chilean desert | Daily Mail Online: "A space telescope so huge it could spot sign of alien life has been given the go ahead. 



The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) will have a primary mirror 39 meters (43 yards) in diameter, allowing it to gather around 15 times more light than the largest optical telescopes now functioning."

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