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First private space telescope to be launched by 2029 – it will be larger than Hubble

In the next few years, we will see some incredible observatories comie online. The Vera Rubin Observatory's science campaign ...

The race to build a super-large ground telescope is likely down to two competitors

I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that ...
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Meet Lazuli: The private space telescope that could outshine Hubble by 2029

A bold new era in astronomy is on the horizon. By 2029, Schmidt Sciences, the philanthropic foundation founded by former ...

JWST could finally spot the very first stars in the universe

On Christmas Day 2021, alongside other astronomers, I watched the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launch from French Guiana and begin its month-long journey to its destination, 1.5 million ...
Scientific American

When will we see the universe’s first stars?

Known as dinosaur stars for both their primeval nature and their immense size, Population III stars existed only when the ...