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Night imaging of the Giant Magellan Telescope. The construction is planned to be completed towards the end of the decade. Photo: GMTO

Directing a view to the edge of the universe: the Weizmann Institute joins the partnership with the giant "Magellan" telescope in Chile

The joining will open up new possibilities for the institute's scientists in space research and will allow them to observe billions of light-years away with a resolution 10 times higher than that of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Photo: J.L. Dowburn & G. HÜDEPOHL (ATACAMAPHOTO.COM)/ESO The rising temperatures in the observatory affect the quality of the images.

Climate change affects astronomical observations

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When building the next giant telescope in the Atacama Desert in Chile, changes in winds and visibility as a result of global warming must be taken into account, even in the most remote areas, especially when planning a facility that will operate for about a century
Prof. Shrinivas Kulkarni receives the Dan David Award in the field of astronomy. Photography: Israel Hadari

"Astronomy has officially become the science of Big Data - after medicine"

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An artist's rendering of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) to be built on the summit of Las Campanes in Chile. The telescope will include seven mirrors arranged together to create a light-receiving surface 24 meters wide. Photo Giant Magellan Telescope - GMTO Corporation

In the Andes Mountains in Chile, the construction of GMT, the first of the three giant telescopes planned for the next few years, has begun

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The Cancer Nebula as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2005

Why is it not possible to photograph distant celestial objects from Earth, and for this purpose telescopes must be sent into space?

Imaging of the giant telescope E-ELT of the European Southern Observatory in Chile

The giant European telescope is on its way - the biggest eye in the sky

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An example of a supernova discovered in the deep field of the Subaru telescope, by researchers from Israel, Japan and the USA

Israeli researchers discovered the oldest and most distant exploding stars in the universe

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A double star system is flawed in that both members of the system are white dwarfs. Illustration: University of California at Santa Barbara

An Israeli researcher from the University of California shared the discovery of a double star system containing two white dwarfs

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Illustration of the Rocketplane commercial space plane

The extra large telescope that Europe wants to build in Chile

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A deep look into space

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The Next Thing in Astronomy - Part 2: Exploring the History of the Universe

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The Europeans are planning to build in Chile the most advanced telescope of its kind in the world - which will cost about a billion dollars

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The largest telescope array in the world

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China and Italy will hunt cosmic rays

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