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Thirty Meter Telescope signs deal for backup site

  • COURTESY NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN

    The Thirty Meter Telescope developer will use the Canary Islands to build the telescope if current plans with Mauna Kea fall through. The Thirty Meter Telescope stands against the backdrop of other Mauna Kea telescopes in an artist’s rendering from 2014.

The developer of the Thirty Meter Telescope signed a 75-year agreement with officials in the Canary Islands Wednesday giving the international consortium the right to construct and operate the giant telescope on the island of La Palma if Mauna Kea doesn’t work out. Read more

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