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Could a Gigantic Lunar Telescope Reveal the Very First Stars? – Gizmodo Australia
A team of astronomers is reviving an idea that NASA sidelined a decade ago, in which a huge observatory would be installed on the Moon. Dubbed the “Ultimately Large…

A team of astronomers is reviving an idea that NASA sidelined a decade ago, in which a huge observatory would be installed on the Moon. Dubbed the Ultimately Large Telescope, the facility would easily outperform every other telescope in its class and spot objects that are predicted by theory but have never been seen.
A large liquid-mirror telescope installed on the lunar surface could perform a task that no other telescope can: searching for the signs of the first stars in the universe. Even the…
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