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SCIENCE and TECH - 2■
THIRTY METER TELESCOPE PROJECT.
Indian astronomers collaborated with Nobel laureate on Thirty Meter Telescope Project.2020 Physics Nobel Laureate Prof. Andrea Ghez had worked closely with Indian astronomers on the design of back-end instruments.
□ ABOUT :-
◇ It is an
astronomical observatory with an
extremely large telescope (ELT).
◇ It is
international project being funded by scientific organisations of
Canada, China, India, Japan and
USA.
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Planned location:
Mauna Kea on the
island of Hawaii in the
US state.
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Purpose: The TMT is designed for
nearultraviolet to mid-infrared observations.
□ SIGNIFICANCE :-
◇ It will
enable scientists to study
fainter objects far away from us in the Universe, which gives information about early stages of evolution of the Universe.
◇ It will give us
finer details of
not-so-far-away objects like
undiscovered planets and
other objects in the Solar System. ︎
SOURCE - THE INDIAN EXPRESS.
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