Largest telescope on Earth will boast near-Big Bang resolution

The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) Organization said this month that after raising over $500 million dollars from eleven different international partners, the construction of the largest optical telescope in the world will be kickstarted in the Atacama Desert in the north of Chile. The funds — making up half of the total estimated costs of the project — come from different governments, institutions and private donors from Australia, Brazil, Korea, the United States and Chile.

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