World's largest telescope one step closer to completion
2,462 views · Published 8 December 2013 · 1:53 · Indexed 8 November 2026
Channel: CBS Evening News · 2013 · News & Politics
A team at the University of Arizona finished work on one of the giant Magellan telescope's mirrors. When completed in 2022, it will give astronomers 10 times the power of the Hubble telescope, enough power to see planets outside our solar system for the first time. Don Dahler reports.
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