The race to build a super-large ground telescope is likely down to two competitors

I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that ...
Astronomy

This NASA project could create staggeringly powerful telescopes

NASA's FLUTE project, focusing on liquid-mirror telescope technology, has received extended funding to investigate a 50-meter space telescope concept, building upon prior successful experiments in ...
Business Wire

CORRECTING and REPLACING SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation to Highlight Latest Engineering Advancements in Major Telescope Projects Including JWST

SPIE ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES + INSTRUMENTATION TO HIGHLIGHT LATEST ENGINEERING ADVANCEMENTS IN MAJOR TELESCOPE PROJECTS INCLUDING JWST The biennial meeting, held in person for the first time since ...