Construction on Giant Magellan Telescope Beings with ‘Big Bang’

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Construction on the site where the Giant Magellan Telescope will sit began Friday with one of 70 controlled blasts on a mountaintop in Chile. Thanks to the GMT’s design and the clear, dark skies, it will capture images 10 times sharper than Hubble.

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