tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post7046267479048215183..comments2023-11-06T17:59:14.655+02:00Comments on Eco R Geo: Se inicia la construcción del telescopio más grande del mundo en Chile (video)antixronoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321757470762094126noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-13163350007016441802015-11-12T22:27:07.240+02:002015-11-12T22:27:07.240+02:00Chilean President Michelle Bachelet put hammer to ...Chilean President Michelle Bachelet put hammer to stone on an Andean mountaintop on Wednesday evening to mark the start of construction for one of the world's most advanced telescopes, an instrument that may help shed light on the possibility of life on distant planets....<br /><br />The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), scheduled to be completed by 2024, will have a resolution 10 times that of the Hubble spacecraft. Experts say it will be able to observe black holes in the distant cosmos and make out planets in other solar systems with unprecedented detail.<br /><br />Such technology, astronomers say, will help humans determine how the universe formed and if planets hundreds of light years away could support life.<br /><br />"With this science, there are no limits to the possibilities that are open," said Bachelet, standing on the GMT's site, a wind-buffeted, 8,250-foot (2,500-meter) mountaintop.<br /><br />"What it does is open the door to understanding," she said.........REUTERS...........http://www.voanews.com/content/astronomers-begin-work-on-giant-chile-telescope/3055186.html<br />12/11/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com