China and India have a catapulting to the forefront of astronomy research with their decisions to join as partners in a Hawaii telescope that will be the world’s largest when it’s done built later this decade. China and India will pay a type of share of the construction cost expected to top $1 billion for the thirty meter telescope at the summit of Mauna Kea volcano. They will also have a share of the observation time. It’s one of the first advanced telescope in which either nation has been a partner. They said that this will represent a quantum leap for the Chinese community Shude Mao, professor of astrophysics at National Astronomical Observatories of China. Thirty Meter Telescope’s segmented primary mirror which will be nearly 100 feet long. The telescope known as TMT, it will be able to observe plants that orbit stars other than the sun and enable astronomers to watch new planets and stars being formed. It should also help with scientists see some 13 billion light years away for a glimpse into the early years of the universe
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i think its very interesting that both China and India are working together on this. nice visual.
ReplyDeletei think its a great idea. as many have said, the teamwork is key. If the world banded together, at least for the sake of astronomy kind of like we do for the olympics, theres no telling how much we could potentially accomplish
ReplyDeleteIts really cool to see people come together on something and work together to make something really cool! Maybe now more people can come together and have something even cooler!
ReplyDeletethis is really cool stuff. i love that there are nations colaberating to make such great advances in astronomy. even more, the information we will gain from this machine is huge! i really dig this, and hope i see some of the pictures it takes.
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