Astronomers gear up for the mega-telescope age

By Peter Spinks
Updated June 28 2016 - 10:08pm, first published 8:26pm
An artist's impression of the new Thirty Metre Telescope.  Photo: Thirty Metre Telescope
An artist's impression of the new Thirty Metre Telescope. Photo: Thirty Metre Telescope
The TMT will capture much sharper images of distant galaxies like these. Photo: NASA
The TMT will capture much sharper images of distant galaxies like these. Photo: NASA
Where the new instrument will sit, alongside other powerful telescopes atop Hawaii's Mauna Kea mountain. Photo: Thirty Metre Telescope
Where the new instrument will sit, alongside other powerful telescopes atop Hawaii's Mauna Kea mountain. Photo: Thirty Metre Telescope

If the exquisite images from NASA's legendary Hubble Space Telescope seemed special, prepare for something even more stunning. The next generation of extremely large telescopes is on the way and plans for one of the biggest, the Thirty Metre Telescope, or TMT, depend on an ongoing court case over the permit needed to build it in Hawaii.

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