The world’s two most powerful telescopes are glorious—and vulnerable
- Author:
- Berger, Eric
- Title:
- The world’s two most powerful telescopes are glorious—and vulnerable
- Year:
- 2017
- Subject:
- W.M. Keck Observatory Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Astronomical observatories Mauna Kea controversy
- Summary:
- Mauna Kea is a better place to build telescopes and 13 have been built so far. But the newly proposed Thirty Meter Telescope ignited opposations from some native Hawaiians. The future of astronomical observatories on Mauna Kea is cloudy.
- URL:
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/ars-visits-the-telescopes-that-dethroned-pluto-and-discovered-dark-energy/
- Date:
- April 12, 2017
- Collection:
- Monographs