Thirty Meter Telescope

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The Billionaire Race Has Perverted What Space Exploration Should Really Be About

Spencer Roberts 12/09/2021

While perhaps always mythic, the once allegedly valiant aspirations...

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Arecibo and the Global Divide Around Funding Science Infrastructure

Raquel Velho 13/12/2020

It is time to begin discussions beyond the scientific...

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Astronomers May Not Like It but Astronomy and Colonialism Have a Shared History

Nithyanand Rao 02/02/2020

Casting Native Hawai'ians' opposition to the Thirty Meter Telescope...

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India Wants Thirty-Metre Telescope Shifted Out of Hawaii

The Wire Staff 22/01/2020

India has committed 10% of the project's resources, a...

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Roadshow Brings Mega Science Projects to the People

Sunderarajan Padmanabhan 10/05/2019

The show focuses on seven mega-science projects supported by...

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Size Matters: For Disruptive Science, Make Research Teams Smaller, Not Bigger

The Wire Staff 14/02/2019

A new study says that small teams are more...

The Devasthal optical telescope's supporting structure, which also hosts three detectors, under a protective dome. Credit: IIST

‘World Class’ Optical Telescope, and India’s Largest, to Be Activated near Nainital

Vasudevan Mukunth 30/03/2016

The instrument is part of a widening foray into...