Europe okays building phase of largest telescope
Paris (AFP) Dec 04, 2014 - The European Southern Observatory (ESO) said Thursday it would go ahead with construction of the world's most powerful land-based telescope, a behemoth designed to locate planets in other solar systems. Building work on the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) has been authorised by ESO's governing body after funding pledges exceeded 90 percent of the roughly one-billion-euro ($1.25-bi ... more

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