Turning Earth Into a Telescope | The Terrascope

When it comes to telescopes, bigger is better. That's why we're investing billions of dollars into a new generation of "extremely large telescopes", such as the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). But is 30 meters truly extreme? Could it be possible to ever build a telescope on the scale of a planet? In...

30 min - Space & the Universe - Cool Worlds

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