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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.
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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