UK commits £88m to build world's largest optical telescope

Gareth Morgan
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E-ELT expected to capture images of the first galaxies formed

The government has confirmed it will cough up £88m to help fund the building of the world's largest optical telescope, which it is hoped will capture images of some of the first galaxies formed in ...

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