ASU joins mission to build world’s largest, most advanced optical telescope
The Giant Magellan Telescope will give us a closer look at the first stars and galaxies to ever exist. It will also help us understand planets outside of our own solar system — including ones that could support life.
ASU is now a part of the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization, an international consortium of universities and institutions dedicated to building the largest, most advanced optical telescope to date.
“Really big, exciting scientific advances are created by new instrumentation. To be serious about studying space, other planets, more distant parts of our galaxy and our universe, then we need to join in these partnerships,” said Lindy Elkins-Tanton, director of ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE). “So I’m excited that we’ve taken this leap institutionally to join the great partnership of what’s going to be a beautiful and transformational instrument.”
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