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SCIENTISTS LOOK FORWARD TO FINISHING WORLD'S BIGGEST TELESCOPE CONSTRUCTION
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 17, 2011 - 17:48 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Scientists are looking forward to the finish
of constructing the biggest telescope of the world, The European
Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT).
ELTs are a priority for the world's astronomers because they are
going to be able to reveal things that people have never seen before
by giving scientists a mammoth viewing lens into the night sky.
When they call this thing large, they mean it. The lens alone is going
to be 40 meters wide, which is 131 feet and some change. It will be
the largest lens on the planet, and will be capable of giving a new
view of distant space. Apparently it will be able to capture images
that are 15x sharper than Hubble.
One of the priorities for the European Southern Observatory (ESO)
is to track down Earth-like planets, as well as planets in habitable
zones. In addition, the ESO will be focusing on super-massive black
holes, working to uncover more information on dark matter and its
dispersal in the universe.
It is going to be exciting when the ESO finishes the E-ELT, planned
to be some time around the end of the decade, as the discoveries that
await it are sure to produce some awesome imagery, Geek.com reported.
From: Baghdasarian
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 17, 2011 - 17:48 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Scientists are looking forward to the finish
of constructing the biggest telescope of the world, The European
Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT).
ELTs are a priority for the world's astronomers because they are
going to be able to reveal things that people have never seen before
by giving scientists a mammoth viewing lens into the night sky.
When they call this thing large, they mean it. The lens alone is going
to be 40 meters wide, which is 131 feet and some change. It will be
the largest lens on the planet, and will be capable of giving a new
view of distant space. Apparently it will be able to capture images
that are 15x sharper than Hubble.
One of the priorities for the European Southern Observatory (ESO)
is to track down Earth-like planets, as well as planets in habitable
zones. In addition, the ESO will be focusing on super-massive black
holes, working to uncover more information on dark matter and its
dispersal in the universe.
It is going to be exciting when the ESO finishes the E-ELT, planned
to be some time around the end of the decade, as the discoveries that
await it are sure to produce some awesome imagery, Geek.com reported.
From: Baghdasarian