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GMT or TMT? Fate of next-generation telescope falls to expert panel set up by US National Science Foundation

10 May 2024
Giant Magellan Telescope Primary Mirror
Grand plans: Both the Giant Magellan Telescope and the Thirty Meter Telescope are seen as the future of US ground-based astronomy and stem from advances in mirror technology. (Courtesy: Damien Jemison/Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0))
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) is to assemble a panel to help it decide whether to fund th

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