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Astronomy: Eyes as big as the sky

Nature volume 452, pages 142–145 (2008)Cite this article

Three teams are racing each other to build the next generation of telescopes that would dramatically dwarf the largest on Earth today. Eric Hand checks out the competition.

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Eric Hand covers physics and astronomy from Nature's Washington DC office.

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Hand, E. Astronomy: Eyes as big as the sky. Nature 452, 142–145 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/452142a

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