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Giant Magellan Telescope

The Giant Magellan Telescope will be the world’s most powerful telescope, with a resolution ten times better than the Hubble Space Telescope.

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We have a ten per cent share in the Giant Magellan Telescope under construction in Chile. When it’s completed, it will be the world’s most powerful telescope, with a resolution ten times better than the Hubble Space Telescope.

This makes ANU, in cooperation with Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL), the major Australian partner for this ground-breaking facility which will lead to unprecedented insight into our universe.

For more information visit the Giant Magellan Telescope page on the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics website.

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Astronomers around the world are celebrating an announcement from the European Union that they will fund development of a concept for an ‘ultimate survey telescope’ in Chile.

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Vallenar, La Higuera, Atacama, Chile

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