Irishman leading construction of largest ever telescope

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0104/1551428-telescope-ireland/

Posted by SpottedAlpaca

11 Comments

  1. >And with it, it would be possible, for example, to not only image Earth-sized planets around nearby stars, but also to explore their atmosphere.

    Cool. Is it more powerful than the JWST? 

  2. SeriesDowntown5947 on

    There’s a big difference to paying for. Designing and engineering the parts. I’d say of the 1
    5 billion ireland will get in spending less than some few millions if that. Prop paying the same in. Its a kind of tech subsidies perfected by european space agency. Now you know why Europeans is so far behind india et al.

  3. Driveby_Dogboy on

    Largest Ever Telescope? What are they going to call the next one when it’s even bigger?